Water Sedge Carex aquatilis Cyperaceae

This water loving sedge has smooth green culms & dark spikes, flower heads form from June through August, spreads by rhizomes, clump forming.

1-3’ tall
Plant Hardiness Zones: 3b-6a
Perennial
Deer Resistant

Native Range: Circumboreal, s. to VA, OH, IN, MO, NM, & CA. Rare in CT, NJ & PA

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