True Sedges

Range

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer

Grasses and sedges

Plant type

Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

• Hoary Sedge Carex canescens keystone caterpillars 43 food 64 flowers 3
• Northwest Territory Sedge Carex utriculata keystone caterpillars 43 food 59 flowers 3
• Water Sedge Carex aquatilis keystone caterpillars 43 food 58 flowers 3
• Bristle-stalked Sedge Carex leptalea keystone caterpillars 42 food 58 flowers 3
• Two-seeded Sedge Carex disperma keystone caterpillars 42 food 58 flowers 3
• Inflated Sedge Carex vesicaria keystone caterpillars 41 food 63 flowers 3
• Tall Bog-sedge Carex magellanica keystone caterpillars 41 food 58 flowers 3
• Star Sedge Carex echinata keystone caterpillars 40 food 62 flowers 3
• Little Green Sedge Carex oederi caterpillars 40 food 60 flowers 3
• Buxbaum's Sedge Carex buxbaumii keystone caterpillars 40 food 60 flowers 3
• Livid Sedge Carex livida keystone caterpillars 40 food 54 flowers 3
• Woolly-fruited Sedge Carex lasiocarpa keystone caterpillars 39 food 63 flowers 3 shelter 1
• Few-flowered Sedge Carex pauciflora keystone caterpillars 39 food 63 flowers 3
• Awl-fruited Sedge Carex stipata keystone caterpillars 39 food 56 flowers 3
• Field Sedge Carex praegracilis keystone caterpillars 39 food 55 flowers 5