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Carex stricta

TUSSOCK SEDGE

Category: Grasses

Characteristics
Description

Bloom Color

Bloom Time

Exposure

Full Sun, Part Shade

Height

Soil Type

Moist Tolerant, Wet Tolerant

Hardiness Zone

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Other Attributes

Deer Resistant, Northeastern U.S. Native, Winter Interest

Carex stricta

Forms dense clumps of bright green new leaves surrounded by a skirt of straw colored old leaves. 2 – 3 ‘ tall. Full sun – part shade, moist soil. Deer resistant. Found in wet meadows, swamps, and stream banks. Northeastern U.S. native. Zone 3.

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