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Cyperaceae
Wood club-rush
Scirpus sylvaticus
Also known as Scirpus sylvaticus f. jungei, Forest club-rush, Seidlia radicans, Scirpus sylvaticus subsp. digynus
Native Plants · Sedge · Architectural · Bog · Wetland · Triangular-Stems · Clumping · Moisture-Loving · Texture
Wood Club-rush is a robust sedge that prefers consistently moist soil and partial shade conditions. This architectural plant forms dense clumps and produces distinctive triangular stems with brown flower clusters. Ideal for bog gardens, pond margins, or any area with reliable moisture where you want bold textural interest.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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