Common Name
Eastern few-fruited sedge
Plant Form
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
4.0
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Additional Info
Well-drained floodplain forests, and mesic to dry-mesic (occasionally dry) upland forests; usually on soils weathered from calcareous or mafic rocks, or shell deposits in the coastal Plain. Frequent in carbonate rock districts of the Ridge and Valley and Cumberland Mountains; infrequent elsewhere in the mountains and in the piedmont; rare in the inner coastal Plain.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Light Requirements
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Moist
Dry
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