White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
A highly ornamental woodland sedge featuring exceptionally broad, flat, ribbon-like leaves (up to an inch wide) that form a lush, tropical-looking rosette. Excellent as a groundcover or path border in shaded, lime-rich soils. Semi-evergreen.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.25 ft
- Spacing
- 0.75–1.25 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
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