Sitka Sedge

Carex aquatilis var. dives

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Bear Sedge

Carex arcta

Calscape.org

© 1998 Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich.

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Slender Beak Sedge

Carex athrostachya

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2002 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Golden Sedge

Carex aurea

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 8 - 16 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Valley Sedge

Carex barbarae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2017 Zoya Akulova

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Cream, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High
Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established
Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Bolander's Sedge

Carex bolanderi

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Silvery Sedge

Carex canescens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Capitate Sedge

Carex capitata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bristly Sedge

Carex comosa

Calscape.org

© 1989 Robert H. Mohlenbrock

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Cusick's Sedge

Carex cusickii

Calscape.org

© Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Dudley's Sedge

Carex densa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Dean Wm. Taylor, Ph.D.

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Moderate, High

Dewey Sedge

Carex deweyana

Calscape.org

2006 Keir Morse

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Lesser Panicled Sedge

Carex diandra

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green, White, Red, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Two-seeded Sedge

Carex disperma

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bristle Fruit Sedge

Carex echinata

Calscape.org

© 2004 James K. Lindsey

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Star Sedge

Carex echinata ssp. echinata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Coastal Star Sedge

Carex echinata ssp. phyllomanica

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Keir Morse

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Blister Sedge

Carex exsiccata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2015 Dana York

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Greensheath Sedge

Carex feta

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Cleft Sedge

Carex fissuricola

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Harford's Sedge

Carex harfordii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High

Hasse's Sedge

Carex hassei

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Cloud Sedge

Carex haydeniana

Calscape.org

© 1998 Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich.

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Timber

Carex hendersonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Smooth Nerve Sedge

Carex heteroneura

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Fuzzy Sedge

Carex hirtissima

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hood's Sedge

Carex hoodii

Calscape.org

© 1998 Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich.

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex hystericina

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Robert E. Preston, Ph.D.

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Sheep Sedge

Carex illota

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Inland Sedge

Carex interior

Calscape.org

© 1989 Robert H. Mohlenbrock

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Jones' Sedge

Carex jonesii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Smoothstem Sedge

Carex laeviculmis

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Slender Sedge

Carex lasiocarpa

Calscape.org

© 2006 Krzysztof Ziarnek

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Lemmon's Sedge

Carex lemmonii

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Lakeshore Sedge

Carex lenticularis

Calscape.org

© 1998 Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich.

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Tarn Sedge

Carex lenticularis var. impressa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Kellogg's Sedge

Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Eggbract Sedge

Carex leporina

Calscape.org

© 2006 Fabelfroh

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Bog Hare Sedge

Carex leporinella

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Shorter Scaled Sedge

Carex leptopoda

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High

Woodrush Sedge

Carex luzulina

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Lyngbye's Sedge

Carex lyngbyei

Calscape.org

© Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart

Plant type: Grass
Size: 6 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Red, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Mendocino Sedge

Carex mendocinensis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mertens' Sedge

Carex mertensii

Calscape.org

© 1998 Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich.

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Small Wing Sedge

Carex microptera

Calscape.org

© 1998 Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich.

Plant type: Grass
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Nebraska Sedge

Carex nebrascensis

Calscape.org

© 2006 Sheri Hagwood

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Sierra Nerved Sedge

Carex nervina

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Veined

Carex neurophora

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Black Alpine Sedge

Carex nigricans

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2006 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Slough Sedge

Carex obnupta

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Chamisso Sedge

Carex pachystachya

Calscape.org

© 1998 Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich.

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Teacher Sedge

Carex praeceptorum

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Laguna Mountain Field Sedge

Carex praegracilis 'Laguna Mountain'

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun
Water
Water

Moderate
Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Raynold's Sedge

Carex raynoldsii

Calscape.org

© 2009 Matt Lavin

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Sartwell's

Carex sartwelliana

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Schott's Sedge

Carex schottii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2003 Steve Matson

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pointed Broom Sedge

Carex scoparia

Calscape.org

© 1989 Robert H. Mohlenbrock

Plant type: Grass
Size: 8 - 30 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Swamp Carex

Carex senta

Calscape.org

Copyright Calscape 2017

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Two Tooth Sedge

Carex serratodens

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2007 Keir Morse (www.keiriosity.com)

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade
Water
Water

Moderate, High

Analogue Sedge

Carex simulata

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Robert Sivinski

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade