Bebb's Sedge
Carex bebbii
Bebb's sedge is a tufted wetland sedge with dense oval seed heads, common in sunny marshes and wet meadows. Its seeds feed waterfowl and songbirds.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VT, WA, WI