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Carex diandra is a species of sedge known by the common name lesser panicled sedge. It is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, where it can be found throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. It is also known from New Zealand. It grows in a wide variety of wet habitats, including wetlands, meadows, bogs, and lakeshores. This sedge produces clumps of triangular stems up to 90 centimeters long. The leaves have white-edged, red-dotted sheaths and are up to about 30 centimeters long. The flower cluster is simple or sometimes compound, made up of several clusters of stiff light brown spikes.

Plant type

Grass

Size

3 ft Tall

Form

Upright

Growth rate

Slow

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Color

Green, White, Red, Brown

Flowering season

Spring

Special uses

Containers

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil description

Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.

Site type

Wet meadows

Plant communities

Coastal Sage Scrub, North Coastal Coniferous Forest, Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 6 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Olive Green Cutworm Moth

Dargida procinctus

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris

Lesser Wainscot

Mythimna oxygala