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Awlfruit Sedge

Carex stipata

Awlfruit sedge forms big soft tussocks with knobby greenish seed heads in wet woods, ditches, and marsh edges, quick to establish for rain gardens.

Family

Cyperaceae

Type

grass

Lifespan

perennial

Height

3.5–3.5 ft

Spacing

1–2 ft apart

Light

sun

Soil moisture

moist

Soil pH

acidic, neutral, alkaline

Bloom

April, May, June, July, August

Bloom colors

green

Wildlife value

songbirds, larval host, mammals

Landscape uses

specimen, border, naturalizing

Native states

AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY