Carex lacustris
Lake Bank Sedge
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Lake Bank Sedge is a great choice for plantings on the shores of lakes and ponds. It spreads through rhizomes to form colonies and helps with erosion control. The leaves are a bluish-green color and have a reddish tinge near the triangular base of the plant. This species is rare where it is found in northern Missouri in its natural habitat of lakesides, marshes, and bottomland prairies. Lake Bank Sedge flowers from May to August.
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3-7
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Good Companions
Blunt Spike Rush
(Eleocharis obtusa),
Pickerel Plant
(Pontederia cordata),
Soft Rush
(Juncus effusus),
Lizard's Tail
(Saururus cernuus),
Marsh Bulrush
(Scirpus cyperinus),
Rice Cutgrass
(Leersia oryzoides),
Broadleaf Arrowhead
(Sagittaria latifolia),
Blue Flag
(Iris versicolor),
Monkey Flower
(Mimulus ringens),
Tickseed
(Bidens aristosa),
Fowl Manna Grass
(Glyceria striata),
Rose Mallow
(Hibiscus lasiocarpos),
Buttonbush
(Cephalanthus occidentalis)
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