Perennial
- Family:
Sedge - Soil Type:
Bog, fen, poorly drained, acidic or calcerous - Light Requirements:
Sun, partial shade - Water Requirements:
Wet, Medium Wet - Propagation:
Rhizomes, Seed - Blooms:
Staminate spikelets
½–1¼” long,
narrow, flat;
Densely spiked pistillate, ovate, tapered
Light green/yellow, browning after pollen sheds - Height:
1-2 ‘ - Stems/
- Leaves:
2-3 Alternate Leaves along lower have of shoot
Blades up to 1/4″ – 10″ long
Light to med Green. Glabrous. Flat blades, may see furrows in larger blades.
Outer leaf sheaths – light green and hairless
inner sheaths – translucent/membranes;
Tips of inner sheaths are concave. - Attracts:
Moths, Butterflies, Grasshopper, shore flies, waterfowl and wetland birds. Foliage edible to mammalian herbirvores, but not desired.
Special Considerations:
Cleans water, absorbs contaminants
