Carex crinita
Fringed Sedge
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This distinctive sedge flowers from May to July and has very slender erect male flowers that are separate from the characteristic long drooping narrow female flowers. Fringed Sedge grows in dense clumps in wet meadows, swamps, sloughs, moist upland prairies, and margins of bodies of water. It does not grow in standing water. Fringed Sedge has sharply triangular stems and the margins of leaves are rough to the touch.
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8
Home Owner Growing and Maintenance Tips:
Propagate with seeds or sprigs.
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Good Companions
Blue Lobelia
(Lobelia siphilitica),
Copper Iris
(Iris fulva),
Fox Sedge
(Carex vulpinoidea),
Fowl Manna Grass
(Glyceria striata),
Monkey Flower
(Mimulus ringens),
Wood Reed
(Cinna arundinacea)
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