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Greensheath sedge

Carex feta

Also called Green Sheathed Sedge

Greensheath sedge
Photo: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0

Carex feta is a native sedge from the Pacific Northwest and California, growing up to about a metre tall with green-white flower spikes. It is a grass-like perennial that suits moist, shaded or partly shaded native gardens.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let it dry slightly between waterings in winter.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich loam or woodland soil
Temperature
5–25 °C; hardy to cold winters
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. British Columbia to California
Climate
temperate

About

Carex feta, the green-sheathed sedge or greensheath sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to southwestern British Columbia in Canada, and Washington, Oregon, and California in the United States.

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 feta 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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