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Carex interior is a species of sedge known by the common name inland sedge. It is native to much of North America from Alaska to northern Mexico to the mid-Atlantic United States. It grows in wet habitat, most often in calcareous soils. This sedge produces clumps of stems approaching a meter in maximum height, with a few leaves at each stem. The flower cluster is an open array of star-shaped spikes of flowers covered with gold scales. The fruit is coated in a toothed, red-tipped perigynium.

Plant type

Grass

Size

2 - 3 ft Tall

Form

Upright

Growth rate

Slow

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Color

Green, Yellow

Flowering season

Spring

Special uses

Containers

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Soil description

Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.

Site type

Wet meadows, shores, often calcareous, not in sphagnum bogs

Plant communities

Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris