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Cyperaceae
Bog sedge
Carex limosa
Also known as Marsh sedge, Peat sedge, Carex limosa, Carex limosa f. pauciflora
Native Plants · Bog · Wetland · Sedge · Aquatic · Marginal · Native · Shade · Perennial · Grass-Like · Pond
Bog sedge is a specialist wetland plant that requires consistently waterlogged, acidic, nutrient-poor soil to thrive. It is best suited for bog gardens, rain gardens, or pond margins where natural moisture levels are reliably high. This plant is not recommended for typical garden beds or indoor cultivation.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Maintain standing water or perpetually saturated soil at all times · Keep consistently wet; do not allow to dry out
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -35°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division
Hardiness
USDA 3b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 18 in
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Finland, France
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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