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Rusty Slender Sedge (Carex subfusca) is a native grass that grows in northern, southern and central California. It tends to grow in moist, open places, at elevations from 0-3000 feet. Like other wetland plants it will spread to fill any moist area. It will become deciduous in summer dryness.
Grass
1 ft Tall
Fast
Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Deciduous
Brown
Lawn alternative
Full Sun
Low, Moderate
Max 1x / week once established
Moderate
Tolerates cold to -15° F
Slow
Tolerates a variety of soils as long as adequate moisture is provided.
Soil PH: 5.0 - 8.0
Seasonally wet meadows, seeps, creeks
Chaparral, Douglas-Fir Forest, Foothill Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Red Fir Forest, Southern Oak Woodland, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Use with other wetland plants such as Stream Orchid, Leopard Lily (Lilium pardalinum ssp. pardalinum), Seep Monkeyflower, Scarlet Monkeyflower (Erythranthe cardinalis), Hedge Nettle, various Rushes and Sedges
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 9 likely
American Ear Moth
Amphipoea americana
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Olive Green Cutworm Moth
Dargida procinctus