General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Plant Height: 2 feet to 3 feet
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Other: flowers are small and combined into spikes
Flower Color: Brown
Green
Other: Greenish-brown with light brown scales
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Water gardens
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Fewflower Sedge
  • Sedge

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Date: June
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