Given the question: Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Carex ericetorum -  Carex ericetorum is a perennial species of plants in the family Cyperaceae native to Eurasia and growing on sandy soils in pine forests.
The answer is:
Plant