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Carex melanostachya
Also called Black Spiked Sedge
Carex melanostachya is a perennial rhizomatous sedge, native from central Europe to western Asia, that forms grass-like clumps and suits damp to moist ground. It thrives with consistent moisture and partial to full light.
Carex melanostachya, called the Great Plains sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to central Europe to western Asia, and introduced to the central US. Its chromosome number is 2n=54, with some uncertainty.
Carex alba · Tall Sedge · Black-spike sedge · Asian Shortstem Sedge · Hair-like sedge · Carex curvula · Common Yellow Sedge · Dioecious sedge · Teasel Sedge · Grassland sedge · Carex dolichostachya · Tufted Sedge
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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.
