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Carex nebrascensis
Nebraska sedge is a rhizomatous, grass-like perennial native to wet ground across western North America. It thrives with consistently moist to wet soil, including standing water, and tolerates alkaline conditions.
Carex nebrascensis is a species of sedge commonly known as Nebraska sedge.
This sedge is native to the central and Western United States and north into central Canada. It grows in wetlands at various elevations, including the Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert sky islands. Carex nebrascensis tolerates alkaline soils and submersion for long periods of time.
Uses for this sedge, Carex nebrascensis, include:
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
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex nebrascensis 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.
