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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Sedges
  7. Bulrushes
  8. Scirpus cyperinus
  9. Woolgrass

species 17,403 observations

Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

43 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dion Skipper, Eyed Brown, Multicolored Sedgeminer Moth, Javelin Moth 13
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Trumpeter Swan, American Coot, Ring-necked Duck, Virginia Rail 29
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors White-lined Sphinx 1

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Wet
Water use
High
Soil pH
Acid Neutral
Habit
Clumping
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges

From NC State Extension, USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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