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Cyperaceae
Fewflower sedge
Carex pauciflora
Also known as Carex pauciflora, Sparse-flower sedge, Few-flowered sedge, Anithista patula
Native Plants · Sedge · Bog Plant · Wetland · Pond Margin · Rain Garden · Cyperaceae · Cool Climate · Acidic Soil · Native Grass · Naturalistic
Fewflower sedge is a delicate, cool-climate sedge that thrives in consistently moist to boggy, acidic soils in sun to partial shade. It is well suited for rain gardens, pond margins, or naturalistic bog plantings and does not tolerate drought. This species is best grown outdoors in temperate to boreal climates and requires minimal care once established in a suitable wet habitat.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet; this plant tolerates and prefers boggy conditions · Every 4-6 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 3–4
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 4 ft
- Spacing
- 8 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, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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