Carex projecta, also known as Necklace Sedge or Spreading Sedge, is a perennial sedge native to Michigan and the U.P.. It prefers part shade or shade with moist to wet soil and is often found in forests, thickets, meadows, swamps, swales, shores, river and creek banks. This is a graceful sedge with arching inflorescences. Once the plant reaches a certain size, it grows a stalk with leaves that resemble palm fronds. Eventually the stalk leans over. Where it touches the ground, a new plant will root and start a new colony. Sedges such as this host moth and butterfly larvae.