Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Carex ovalis is a species of sedge known by the common name eggleaf sedge. It is native to Eurasia and eastern and western North America, where it grows in seasonally wet habitat, such as meadows and fields. This sedge produces many thin stems and narrow leaves. The flower cluster is an open cluster of several flower spikes. The pistillate flower has a reddish or brownish leaf with a gold center and white tip.

Plant type

Grass

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Color

Red

Special uses

Containers

Sun

Partial Shade

Site type

Seasonally wet soil

Plant communities

Coastal Prairie, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 3 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Olive Green Cutworm Moth

Dargida procinctus

Umber Skipper

Poanes melane