Graceful Sedge
Carex gracillima
Graceful sedge drapes thread-fine, nodding seed spikes over arching clumps in moist woodlands, one of the most elegant native sedges for shade gardens.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV