Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
Woolgrass is a bulrush-like sedge topped with woolly, tawny seed heads in late summer, a bold native for marshes, pond edges, and rain gardens. Cover and seed for wetland wildlife.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY