Carex comosa
Longhaired Sedge
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This large clumped sedge lives in shallow water, sedge meadows, marshes, and ditches. It requires perennially wet ground to grow. Longhaired Sedge has an erect growth pattern and it blooms in mid-summer. This species can be easily identified by the slender spikelet of male flowers at the end of each reproductive stem, surrounded by spikelets of larger female flowers. Stems are stout and are very triangular
Additional Information:
This species is an indicator of high quality plant communities around sinkhole ponds in the Ozarks.
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3-9
Home Owner Growing and Maintenance Tips:
Propagate by seeds or sprigs.
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Good Companions
Copper Iris
(Iris fulva),
Fox Sedge
(Carex vulpinoidea),
Rice Cutgrass
(Leersia oryzoides),
Marsh Milkweed
(Asclepias incarnata),
New England Aster
(Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
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