Description

Key Information:

Soil: Hydric (Wet-Moist). Emergent.
Sun: Full Sun
Height: 3-5 feet
Type: Cool season

More Details:

Suggested Uses: This is an attractive bulrush for shoreline restoration and large rain gardens. It has attractive seed heads and is a good plant to use as a buffer against wave action.  Grows on muddy, sandy or gravelly soils and is found on marshes, pond edges, sloughs and sedge meadows.

Native Range: Predominantly native to the eastern half of the U.S., including Minnesota.

Wildlife Value: Provides food and cover for many of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles!

Other Names: Cotton-grass Bulrush, Common Wool-grass

More information: USDA plant profile