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Cyperaceae
Rough sedge
Carex muricata
Also known as Carex scabra, Bristle sedge, Rough-leaved sedge, Caricina muricata
Native Plants · Sedge · Perennial · Wetland · Groundcover · Ornamental Grass · Shade Tolerant · Moisture Loving · Native · Cyperaceae · Naturalize
Rough sedge is a hardy, low-maintenance perennial grass-like plant that thrives in moist soils with partial to full sun. It is well suited to rain gardens, pond margins, and naturalized areas where consistent moisture is available. Once established, it requires minimal intervention and will spread gradually to form attractive clumps.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
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
- Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Krasnoyarsk
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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