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Carex altaica

Carex altaica is a perennial sedge native to cold subalpine and subarctic areas of Siberia, Mongolia and northwestern China. It is a wild grass-like plant rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general and suited to cool, moist, hardy conditions.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season; it tolerates wet ground typical of its natural habitat.
Soil
Moist, fertile, well-drained soil or a moist mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; suited to cool summers, protect container plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. Siberia to Mongolia and Xinjiang
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Carex altaica is a species of sedge and is native to Mongolia, Siberia, and northwestern China.

Other Carex plants

Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex altaica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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