Clumping sedge with grass-like leaves that are blue-geen and glaucous as well as greenish white flowers in the spring. Host to Satyr species larvae.
Native Plant Database
Header Photo: Mervin Wallace
Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Plant Type: Grasses / Sedges / Rushes
Native Environment: Forest, Savanna / Woodland, Stream Edge, Wetland
Season of Interest: Mid (May - June), Late (July - frost)
Main Color: Green
Fall Color: Green
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Photo: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Sun Exposure
Medium Sun/Average Shade
Soil
Moisture
Moderate, High, Wet
Nature Attracting
Butterfly, Songbirds
Wildlife Benefit
Butterfly / Moth Host, Food/Birds, Food/Small Animals
Animal
Resistance
Deer Resistant
Size
Height:
6 to
12
inches
Spread:
6 to
12
inches
Size
Height: 6 to
12
inches
Spread: 6 to
12
inches
Size
Height: 6 to
12
inches
Spread: 6 to
12
inches
Typical Landscape Use
Use for its blue-green foliage in woodland gardens, shade gardens, borders or rock gardens. Makes a good ground cover.
Establishment and Care Instructions
Does well in moist garden soils. Also easily grown in medium moisture and wet soils, and will tolerate some drought when established.
Special Features
Evergreen
Special Usage
Basic Description
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