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Grasses
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Common Name: Korean Feather Reed Grass
Native to Asia
A clump forming warm season perennial grass. Plants form a rounded mound of narrow arching leaves. In late summer pinkish flower plumes rise above the foliage. The feathery flowers and slender leaves drift in the slightest breeze. As wi…
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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Common Name: Feather reed grass
Native to Europe & Asia (arundinacea & epigejos)
Non-naitve. Slow spreading, clump forming cool season ornamental grass. Produces purplish-green flowers.
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Carex albicans
Common Name: White-tinged sedge
Native to North America
Upland sedge forms dense tufts of narrow, bright green foliage. Can be used as a groundcover, spreads slowly by rhizomes and will self-seed. Tolerant of dry soil conditions. Usually found in wooded areas.
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Carex amphibola
Common Name: Creek sedge
Native to North America
A compact and vigorous clump, with shiny semi-evergreen foliage. Excellent choice for the woodland or shade garden. Very adaptable. Host plant for some Skippers, and seeds are eaten by several reptiles.
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Carex appalachica
Common Name: Appalachian sedge
Native to North America
Forms a neat clump of fine foliage. Elegant texture. Limited supply.
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Carex bicknellii
Common Name: Prairie sedge
Native to North America
Tolerates a wide range of conditions, makes an excellent choice for a rain garden.
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Carex blanda
Common Name: Common Wood Sedge
Native to North America
Carex blanda is a rhizomatous perennial sedge that matures into compact mounded clumps. The shiny deep green foliage is evergreen and up to 8” long. In late spring interesting green flower spikes are displayed a…
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Carex brevior
Common Name: Plains oval sedge
Native to North America
Provides a soft texture with a gently curving seed head. Found in drier praries, meadows, and woodlands.
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Carex bromoides
Common Name: Brome-like sedge
Native to North America
Tough and adaptable, should be used in all wetlands restoration projects. Will tolerate periods of being submerged, this clump forming ground cover prefers part sun to part shade in moist to wet soils. Flowers appear in late spring into summer,…
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Carex cherokeensis
Common Name: Cherokee sedge
Native to North America
Evergreen, clumping sedge with wheat-like pendulous seed heads form in spring and mature in autumn. Marginally drought tolerant, may suffer in extended drought conditions. Valuable garden accent, or for low spots, pond and stream edge.
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Carex comosa
Common Name: Bristly sedge, Longhair sedge
Native to North America
Erect clumps of triangular stems form from short rhizomes. Drooping spikelets impart a bottlebrush effect. Found along ponds, lakes, in wetlands and wet meadows, providing food and cover for water fowl.
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Carex crinita
Common Name: Fringed sedge
Native to North America
This sedge is suited for shaded wetlands, it has blue/green foliage and drooping seed heads.
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Carex divulsa
Common Name: grassland sedge
Native to Europe and Asia
Carex divulsa is a perennial sedge that matures into fine textured arching clumps. The bright green foliage is evergreen. In late spring dainty bronze flower spikes are displayed above the leaves. Plants adapt to sunny or shade…
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Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger'
Common Name: Blue Zinger Sedge
Native to Southern Europe and Northern Africa
Carex flacca ‘Blue Zinger’ is a low clumping European sedge. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen with fine texture and a lovely steely blue color. This perennial prospers in dry to moist well drained soils in sun …
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Carex flaccosperma
Common Name: Blue wood sedge
Native to North America
Beautiful glaucus blue foliage, tolerates wide range of conditions, good liriope replacement.
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Carex grayi
Common Name: Bur sedge, Grays sedge
Native to North America
Carex grayi is a cool season grass with semi-evergreen light green, grass-like foliage. Interesting spiked seed heads develop and remain in the winter. This plant prefers full sun, will tolerate some shade, in moist to wet conditions. It thrive…
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Carex grayi 'New Moon Mighty'
Common Name: New Moon Mighty grays sedge
Native to North America (selection)
Carex grayi ‘New Moon Mighty’ is a cool season grass with semi-evergreen light green, grass-like foliage. Interesting spiked seed heads, which are larger on New Moon Mighty, develop and remain in the winter. This plant prefers …
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Carex humilis 'Hexe'
Common Name: Hexe dwarf sedge
Native to Western Europe
Ornamental yellow flowers appear very early in spring and fade to tan. Grows in the driest areas and therefore extremely drought tolerant. Can be grown in a rock garden or shallow soils in partial shade.
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Carex laxiculmis
Common Name: Creeping sedge
Native to North America
A perfect moist woodland groundcover, this carex forms a mat of wide blue green, semi-evergreen foliage. This straight species provides every bit of blue color many named selections are known for, yet maintains genetic diversity. A food source for …
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Carex leavenworthii
Common Name: Lawn Sedge
Native to North America
Carex leavenworthii is a clumping perennial sedge with very narrow dark green leaves. In late spring small dense green clusters of flower spikes are held above the leaves. Plants occur in partly sunny to shady mesic or dry woods.…
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Carex lurida
Common Name: Lurid sedge
Native to North America
Excellent plant for wetland restoration, interesting seed heads make it a good choice for ornamental ponds.
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Carex montana
Common Name: Mountain sedge
Native to Europe and Central Russia
Alkaline soil tolerant, this small decidous species, native to Europe and central Russia, has glossy green foliage and thrives in woodland borders and rockeries. Spreads quickly to become a low groundcover. Spikey brown flowers i…
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Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
Common Name: Ice Dance Japanese Sedge
Native to Asia (cultivar)
Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’ is a low rhizomatous perennial sedge. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen and arching. Blades are variegated with an emerald green stripe down the center and crisp white borders al…
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Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'
Common Name: Silver Sceptre sedge
Native to Japan (cultivar)
Carex morrowii ‘Silver Sceptre’ is a low rhizomatous perennial sedge. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen and arching. Blades are variegated with an jade green stripe down the center and crisp cream white al…
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Carex muskingumensis
Common Name: Palm sedge
Native to North America
This distinctive sedge resembles a miniature palm. Slow, creeping.
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Carex muskingumensis 'Little Midge'
Common Name: Little Midge Palm sedge
Carex muskingumensis ‘Little Midge' is a dense clump forming moisture loving sedge. Excellent choice for native lawn replacement.
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Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme'
Common Name: Palm sedge
Native to North America
Similar to the species, but with a clear gold border. Named for Wolfgang Oehme, famed landscape architect.
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Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Common Name: Evergold Sedge
Native to Asia (cultivar)
Carex ‘Evergold’ is a low clumping perennial sedge from Japan. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen and arching. Blades are variegated with a creamy yellow stripe that runs…
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Carex pensylvanica
Common Name: Pennsylvania sedge
Native to North America
Stoloniferous sod forming species for dry shade, one of the first to green up in the spring.
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Carex plantaginea
Common Name: Seersucker sedge
Native to North America
Deep green foliage with a seersucker texture. Semi-evergreen. Limited supply.
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Carex radiata
Common Name: Eastern star sedge
Native to North America
An ornamental sedge forming dense clumps of slender leaves. Important food source for insects and birds.
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Carex rosea
Common Name: Rosy sedge, Curly wood sedge
Native to North America
Very tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. Features softly arching leaves.
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Carex socialis
Common Name: Social sedge, low woodland sedge
Native to North America
Carex socialis is a rhizomatous perennial sedge that forms dense tufts of narrow foliage.
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Carex sprengelii
Common Name: Long Beaked Sedge
Native to North America
Carex sprengelii is a lovely cool season woodland sedge. Plants form small colonies from short rhizomes. Foliage is bright green to chartreuse and semi-evergreen with narrow glossy blades. In early spring greenish-white o…
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Carex stricta
Common Name: Tussock sedge
Native to North America
This beautiful sedge deserves a spot in the ornamental water garden, great form.
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Carex texensis
Common Name: Catlin sedge
Native to North America
Great lawn replacement.
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Carex vulpinoidea
Common Name: Fox sedge
Native to North America
Tough and adaptable, should be used in all wetlands restoration projects.
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Carex woodii
Common Name: Pretty sedge, wood's sedge
Native to North America
Carex woodii is a lovely perennial woodland sedge with narrow fine textured leaves. This sedge forms clonal colonies from underground rhizomes. In spring a sparse offering of yellow-green spikelets are held above the leaves. In…
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Chasmanthium latifolium
Common Name: Northern seaoates
Native to North America
Clump forming perennial warm season grass. In spring several slender unbranched culms rise from the underground rhizomes or elongate from winter rosettes. The culms bear light green spear shaped leaf blades. The culms terminat…
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