Plant Signs

Timber

Carex hendersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Smooth Nerve Sedge

Carex heteroneura

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Fuzzy Sedge

Carex hirtissima

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Hood's Sedge

Carex hoodii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex hystericina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Idaho Sedge

Carex idahoa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Sheep Sedge

Carex illota

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Mount Dana

Carex incurviformis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Weakly Veined Sedge

Carex infirminervia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Long-stolon Sedge

Carex inops

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Long Stolon Sedge

Carex inops ssp. inops

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Smooth-beaked Sedge

Carex integra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Inland Sedge

Carex interior

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Jones' Sedge

Carex jonesii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Klamath Sedge

Carex klamathensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Smoothstem Sedge

Carex laeviculmis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Slender Sedge

Carex lasiocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Lemmon's Sedge

Carex lemmonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Lakeshore Sedge

Carex lenticularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Tarn Sedge

Carex lenticularis var. impressa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Lagoon Sedge

Carex lenticularis var. limnophila

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Kellogg's Sedge

Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Eggbract Sedge

Carex leporina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Bog Hare Sedge

Carex leporinella

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Bristle-stalked Sedge

Carex leptalea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Shorter Scaled Sedge

Carex leptopoda

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Mud Sedge

Carex limosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Livid Sedge

Carex livida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Little-leaved Sedge

Carex luzulifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Woodrush Sedge

Carex luzulina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Lyngbye's Sedge

Carex lyngbyei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 6 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Red, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Mariposa Sedge

Carex mariposana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Red, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Mendocino Sedge

Carex mendocinensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mertens' Sedge

Carex mertensii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Small Wing Sedge

Carex microptera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Stick Sedge

Carex multicaulis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Many-ribbed Sedge

Carex multicostata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Nebraska Sedge

Carex nebrascensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Standing

Sierra Nerved Sedge

Carex nervina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Veined

Carex neurophora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Black Alpine Sedge

Carex nigricans

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Torrent Sedge

Carex nudata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Flower Color: Red, Cream, Black, Brown

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

San Luis Obispo Sedge

Carex obispoensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Slough Sedge

Carex obnupta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Western Sedge

Carex occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Boulder Sedge

Carex orestera

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Furrowed Broomsedge

Carex pachycarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Chamisso Sedge

Carex pachystachya

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Sand Dune Sedge

Carex pansa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Brown

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Standing

Liddon's Sedge

Carex petasata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Dunhead Sedge

Carex phaeocephala

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Teacher Sedge

Carex praeceptorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Clustered Field Sedge

Carex praegracilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright, Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Laguna Mountain Field Sedge

Carex praegracilis 'Laguna Mountain'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Northern Meadow Sedge

Carex praticola

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Presl's Sedge

Carex preslii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Potato Chip Sedge

Carex proposita

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Raynold's Sedge

Carex raynoldsii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Ross Sedge

Carex rossii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade