trefle.io · Taken Jan 1, 1900 by EOL − USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. (public)
Cyperaceae
Cotton-grass bulrush
Scirpus cyperinus
Also known as Scirpus eriophorum var. laxus, Scirpus cyperinus f. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus atrocinctus f. grandis
Native Plants · Sedge · Wetland · Native · Bog · Rain-Garden · Pond · Cotton-Grass · Wildlife · Seed-Heads
This native wetland sedge produces distinctive cotton-like seed heads and thrives in boggy conditions. Excellent for rain gardens, pond margins, or naturally wet areas where few other plants succeed. Very low maintenance once established in appropriate moisture conditions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently, prefers consistently moist to wet soil · Every 14-21 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.8–7.2
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division, Seed
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Belarus, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes
- Attracts
- Birds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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