Common Name
Tussock sedge
Upright sedge
Plant Form
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
5.0
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Additional Info
In a wide range of wetlands, including bogs, fens, seeps, swamps (all types), wet meadows, beaver ponds, depression ponds, freshwater to oligohaline tidal marshes, and floodplain forests. Frequent throughout most of the state, occurring in large populations locally; infrequent in the sw. mountains and sw. piedmont.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Wet
Moist
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