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Awlfruit Sedge (Carex stipata) is a native grass that grows in Central and Northern California, primarily in the High Sierra Nevada region. It is slow growing and moderately long-lived. It grows in an upright form to a height of 3.5 feet, with active growth during the spring and summer. Flowers are green and bloom in the mid spring. Leaves are medium green and deciduous. It tends to grow in wet places, at elevations from 100-5700 feet.

Plant type

Grass

Size

4 ft Tall

Form

Upright

Growth rate

Slow

Dormancy

Winter Deciduous

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Color

Green

Flowering season

Spring

Special uses

Containers

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil description

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

Site type

Wet places

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 4 likely

Confirmed Likely

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Olive Green Cutworm Moth

Dargida procinctus

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris

Umber Skipper

Poanes melane