Synonym(s)
Common Name
Button sedge
Plant Form
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
3.0
Region
Coastal

Additional Info
Bogs, boggy clearings, wet flatwoods, acidic alluvial swamps, depression swamps and ponds; generally in extremely acidic, infertile soils. Locally frequent in the inner s. and c. coastal Plain; rare elsewhere in the coastal Plain and in the extreme outer piedmont; can be abundantly colonial in favorable habitats.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Wet
Moist
Number of Lepidotera Species Genus Supports
36
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