Description

Key Information:

Soil: Hydric (Wet)
Sun: Full Sun
Height: 1-2 feet
Type: Cool season

More Details:

Suggested Uses: This is an excellent, coarse-textured sedge for shoreline restoration, rain gardens and other landscaping projects.  A common sedge species to find in bogs.

Wildlife: The fruits or seeds of this sedge are eaten by waterfowl.

Native Range: Native to the Great Lakes, New England and scattered locations around the contiguous U.S.

Other Name: Longhair Sedge

More information: USDA plant profile

Photo credit: Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS