Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Dense Sedge (Carex densa) is a native grass that grows in northern, southern and central California. It tends to grow in wet places, at elevations from 0-4800 feet.

Plant type

Grass

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Color

Brown

Special uses

Containers

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Ease of care

Moderate

Site type

Wet places

Plant communities

Coastal Prairie, Foothill Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, Northern Juniper Woodland, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 8 likely

Confirmed Likely

American Ear Moth

Amphipoea americana

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Olive Green Cutworm Moth

Dargida procinctus

Elachista cucullata