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Rigid sedge

Carex tetanica

Also called Common Stiff Sedge

Rigid sedge
Photo: Frank Mayfield, CC BY-SA 2.0

Carex tetanica, rigid sedge, is a small native grass-like perennial sedge from eastern North America that forms tufts in moist to wet open ground. It is mainly grown as a native wildflower or meadow plant rather than a common ornamental.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, especially in the first season while roots establish.
Soil
Moist, fertile to average soil, loam or clay; tolerates wet conditions.
Temperature
Hardy in cold temperate climates; protect young plants from severe frost in the first winter.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Carex tetanica, also known as rigid sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is native to Central and Eastern Canada and 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 tetanica 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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