Lakebank Sedge
Carex lacustris
Lakebank sedge is a tall, rhizomatous sedge that armors shorelines and marshes with blue-green foliage, excellent for erosion control on wet banks.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- 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
- CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VT, WI