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Carex capillaris
Also called Hair Sedge, Hairlike Sedge
Carex capillaris is a small, tufted perennial sedge of cool northern regions, native to North America and northern Eurasia including Greenland. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, and it grows best in cool, moist, open ground.
Carex capillaris, the hair-like sedge, is a species of sedge found in North America and northern Eurasia including Greenland.
Carex tiogana, from northern California, is sometimes included in Carex capillaris. Two subspecies are accepted:
Carex capillaris is a known host to species of fungi, including Anthracoidea capillaris, Didymella proximella, Lophodermium caricinum and
Carex alba · Tall Sedge · Black-spike sedge · Asian Shortstem Sedge · Carex curvula · Common Yellow Sedge · Dioecious sedge · Teasel Sedge · Grassland sedge · Carex dolichostachya · Tufted Sedge · Elongated sedge
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex capillaris 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.
