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Cyperaceae
Pricky sedge
Carex pairae
Also known as Carex contigua subsp. pairae, Carex echinata f. capitata, Carex muricata subsp. pairae, Carex virens var. pairae
Native Plants · Sedge · Cyperaceae · Carex · Ground Cover · Moisture Loving · Part Shade · Wildlife Garden · Pond Margin · European Native · Perennial Grass
Prickly Sedge (Carex pairae) is a hardy, clump-forming perennial sedge that naturalises well in moist, partly shaded spots such as woodland edges, pond margins, and damp meadows. It is undemanding once established, needing only regular moisture and occasional tidying of old foliage. Ideal for naturalised or wildlife gardens, it provides valuable ground cover and seed for birds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil consistently moist, especially during dry periods · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Algeria, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Madeira, Michigan, Morocco, Netherlands
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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