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Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectiella mucronata
Schoenoplectiella mucronata
Also known as Scirpus mucronatus var. abactus, Schoenoplectus mucronatus var. tataranus, Schoenoplectus mucronatus, Schoenoplectiella mucronata f. brevisetacea
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Aquatic · Sedge · Bog Plant · Pond Margin · Wetland · Water Garden · Schoenoplectiella · Cyperaceae · Marsh Plant
This aquatic sedge requires consistently wet soil and thrives in bog gardens or pond margins. Best suited for water features or rain gardens where it can receive regular moisture. Tolerates seasonal flooding and benefits from partial shade in hot climates.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 15 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bangladesh, Borneo, Bulgaria, California, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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