Fringed Sedge
Carex crinita
Fringed sedge hangs long, fuzzy, drooping seed catkins over wet meadows and stream banks, a graceful accent for rain gardens and pond edges.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- 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
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV