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Yellowfruit Sedge

Carex annectens

Yellowfruit sedge is an adaptable clumping sedge of wet meadows and disturbed moist ground, with knobby yellow-green seed heads. A quick colonizer for rain gardens.

Family

Cyperaceae

Type

grass

Lifespan

perennial

Height

1–3 ft

Spacing

1–2 ft apart

Light

sun

Soil moisture

moist, wet

Soil pH

neutral, acidic

Bloom

July, August

Bloom colors

green, brown

Wildlife value

songbirds, larval host, mammals

Landscape uses

naturalizing, rain garden

Native states

AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV