Low Woodland Sedge
Carex socialis
Low woodland sedge spreads gently into soft colonies in moist bottomland woods, an easy native groundcover for damp shade.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, groundcover, container, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AR, MS, TN