Plains Oval Sedge
Carex brevior
Plains oval sedge is a drought-tolerant clumping sedge of prairies and open ground, with round, beadlike seed heads. Tougher and sunnier than most sedges.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AR, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TX, VT, WA, WI, WY