Common Name
Hairy-fruited sedge
Plant Form
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
4.0
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Additional Info
Calcareous fens, seepage swamps, and wet meadows; a somewhat anomalous population was documented in a northern coastal Plain tidal swamp forest at Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County. Infrequent in the mountains, but locally common throughout the Ridge and Valley province; rare in the piedmont and n. coastal Plain.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Wet
Moist
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