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Splitawn sedge

Carex tumulicola

Also called Foothill Sedge, Slender Sedge, Split Awn Sedge

Splitawn sedge
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Splitawn sedge (Carex tumulicola) is a native, grass-like perennial sedge from western North America, found in meadows and open woodlands. It is grown as a drought-tolerant ornamental for lawns, meadow gardens and native plantings.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then needs little supplemental water once established.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; cold limit not specified in sources.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. Canada (S. Vancouver I.) to California
Climate
temperate

About

Carex tumulicola, the splitawn sedge foothill sedge, or previously Berkeley sedge, is a sedge member of the family Cyperaceae.

How to grow it

Carex tumulicola is cultivated in the horticulture trade and widely available as a (grass-like) ornamental grass for: traditional and natural landscape drought-tolerant water-conserving lawns and small 'garden-meadows,' native plant and habitat gardens; and various types of municipal, commercial, and agency sustainable landscape and restoration projects.

Other Carex plants

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 tumulicola 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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