Carried by 1 nurseries
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Carex amplifolia is a species of sedge known by the common name bigleaf sedge. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California, where it grows in wet and seasonally wet areas in coniferous forests. This rhizomatous sedge produces stems 50 to 100 centimeters tall. The winged stems have reddish tinted bases and are wrapped in long, roughly hairy leaves up to 2 centimeters wide. The flower cluster is made up of 5 to 8 cylindrical spikes each up to 10 or 14 centimeters long and often made up of hundreds of individual flowers.
Grass
2 - 3 ft Tall
Red
Containers
Deep Shade
Moderate
1, 2, 3, 4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 8, 9, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Wet places
Coastal Prairie, Douglas-Fir Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 8 likely
American Ear Moth
Amphipoea americana
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Olive Green Cutworm Moth
Dargida procinctus
Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris