Carex acidicola is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to south eastern parts of the United States in Alabama and Georgia.[1]
The species was first described by the botanist Robert Naczi in 2002 from the type specimen collected in Clarke County in Georgia and was published in the journal Novon.[2]
The turfy plant produces many stems from the same root forming a dense mat. It has purple to red coloured culms that are in length and have a width of at the base and deep green leaves with a width of at the base.[3]
It is usually found in sandy to loamy soils in deciduous forests and is considered rare and is only known to occur in ten small populations, it often occurs with Carex superata.[4]