Hairy Green Sedge
Carex hirsutella
Hairy green sedge is a soft, fuzzy-leaved clumping sedge tolerant of dry shade and clay, useful as a durable groundcover under trees.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV