Carex normalis
Spreading Oval Sedge
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Spreading Oval Sedge is found in bottomland forests, wet prairies, moist areas in upland prairies, streambanks and pond margins, as well as roadsides and ditches. This species has light green to green foliage and flowers from May to July with the male flowers located below the female flowers. Spreading Oval Sedge also has short rhizomes and forms small clumps.
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USDA Hardiness Zone 4-8
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Good Companions
Indigo Bush
(Amorpha fruiticosa),
Blunt Broom Sedge
(Carex scoparia),
American Wild Mint
(Mentha arvensis),
Virginia Bluebells
(Mertensia virginica),
New England Aster
(Symphyotrichum novae-angliae),
Tickseed
(Bidens aristosa),
Ironweed
(Vernonia fasciculata)
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