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Coastal plain sedge

Carex crebriflora

Coastal plain sedge is a grass-like perennial native to the southeastern US and Texas, found in damp forest understories on sandy alluvial soils. It suits shaded, moist, sandy-soiled spots in a native or woodland garden.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, especially in its first season, and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist, sandy or loamy soil with good drainage, ideally with some organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates typical winter cold of its native range.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. U.S.A. to Texas
Climate
temperate

About

Carex crebriflora, the coastal plain sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Texas and the southeastern United States. It is typically found growing less than 100 m (330 ft) above sea level in the understory of wet deciduous or mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, preferring alluvial, sandy soils.

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 crebriflora 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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