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Cyperaceae
Sheathed sedge
Carex vaginata
Also known as Carex vaginata f. distracta, Northern sheathed sedge, Vaginate sedge, Carex vaginata
Native Plants · Sheathed Sedge · Carex Vaginata · Sedge · Shade Plant · Moist Soil · Woodland · Ground Cover · Cyperaceae · Cool Climate · Perennial Grass
Sheathed sedge is a shade-tolerant, cool-climate perennial grass ideal for moist woodland gardens, bog edges, or shaded borders. It prefers consistently moist, humus-rich soil and performs best in partial to full shade, making it a useful plant for difficult low-light areas. Minimal care is needed once established; simply keep the soil from drying out and remove any dead foliage in early spring.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil consistently moist; does not tolerate prolonged drought · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -35°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division
Hardiness
USDA 3b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 18 in
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 18 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, British Columbia, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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