Water Sedge
Carex aquatilis
Water sedge is a rhizomatous sedge of marshes, fens, and pond margins across the North, forming lush stands in standing water. Key wetland habitat and waterfowl food.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CA, CO, IA, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY