Carex blanda

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Common Name: Common Wood Sedge, Eastern Woodland Sedge

Partial sun to medium shade, wet to moderately dry moisture level, tolerates a wide range of soils including clay, very strongly acid to neutral pH.  2 feet height, slow to re-seed.

Germination Code:  C(60)

Native Region:  Statewide

Cool season.  Can be used as a groundcover.  Somewhat weedy in appearance and behavior with a tendency to sprawl.  Stands more upright when there is competition from surrounding vegetation.

Common Wood Sedge, Eastern Woodland Sedge - Carex blanda
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