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Carex praegracilis is a species of North American sedge known as clustered field sedge, field sedge, and expressway sedge. [1] Carex praegracilis is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade as lawn substitute and meadow-like plantings.
Carex pansa is a species of sedge known by the common name sand dune sedge. It is native to coast of western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in dunes and other sandy habitat. This grasslike sedge produces sharply triangular stems up to about 40 centimeters tall from a network of thin, long, coarse rhizomes.
Carex bicknellii, known as Bicknell's sedge and copper-shouldered oval sedge, [2] is a species of sedge native to North America. [3] [4] Carex bicknellii grows in small clumps with fewer than 25 flowering stems per clump. [5] It is found in mesic to dry prairies, savannas, and open woodlands. [4]
Start with grasses and flowering plants like echinacea (coneflowers), black-eyed Susans, and Shasta daisies. Add as you learn what works best in your planting zone. Solidago/istockphoto
Carex tumulicola is cultivated in the horticulture trade and widely available as a (grass-like) ornamental grass for: traditional and natural landscape drought-tolerant water-conserving lawns and small 'garden-meadows,' native plant and habitat gardens; and various types of municipal, commercial, and agency sustainable landscape and restoration projects.
Carex lyngbyei is a species of sedge known by the common name Lyngbye's sedge. It is native to the west coast of North America from Alaska to California, where it "is the common sedge of the Pacific coastal salt marshes." [1] It is also known from Greenland [2] [3] and Iceland.
The stems grow to 65cm tall and are triangular like all sedge stems. The bases of the stems are reddish in color. The inflorescence consists of 1-2 pistilate (female) spikes 10-40mm long x 8-13mm wide, and 1 staminate (male) spike at the tip of the stem 15-30mm long x 1.5-2.5mm wide. [4]
A colony of Pennsylvania sedge in the Morton Arboretum. Pennsylvania sedge produces leaves up to 2 ft (0.6 m) long and 1 to 3 mm (0.04 to 0.12 in) wide that become arching at maturity. [5] It has culms (stems) 10 to 45 cm (4 to 18 in) long. [6] Pennsylvania sedge blooms early in the spring, from April to June.
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