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Cyperaceae
White beak sedge
Rhynchospora alba
Also known as White beak-rush, White beaksedge, Schoenus albus, Mariscus albus
Native Plants · Bog · Wetland · Sedge · Native · Marginal · Aquatic · Perennial · White Flowers · Fen · Restoration
White beak sedge is a native wetland sedge that thrives in boggy, acidic, waterlogged conditions and is ideal for naturalistic bog or fen gardens. It requires consistently saturated, low-nutrient, peaty soil and does not tolerate drought or rich garden soils. Best used in restoration plantings or specialty water garden settings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Maintain saturated or near-saturated soil; suitable for shallow standing water · Keep consistently moist to wet at all times
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–4.5
- Temperature
- -35°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division
Hardiness
USDA 3b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 2 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Georgia
- Attracts
- Bees, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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