Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
Nebraska sedge is a vigorous, rhizomatous western wetland sedge, a workhorse of wet-meadow and streambank restoration and important forage and cover.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY