Plant Signs

Abrupt-beaked Sedge

Carex abrupta

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Sturdy Sedge

Carex alma

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Big Leaf Sedge

Carex amplifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Wide Fruit Sedge

Carex angustata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water Sedge

Carex aquatilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 - 59 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Water Sedge

Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Sitka Sedge

Carex aquatilis var. dives

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Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Bear Sedge

Carex arcta

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Wheat Sedge

Carex atherodes

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Slender Beak Sedge

Carex athrostachya

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Golden Sedge

Carex aurea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 - 16 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Valley Sedge

Carex barbarae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Slow

Bolander's Sedge

Carex bolanderi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Brainerd's Sedge

Carex brainerdii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Short Stem Sedge

Carex brevicaulis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 6 in tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Brewer's Sedge

Carex breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Buxbaum's Sedge

Carex buxbaumii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

California Sedge

Carex californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Silvery Sedge

Carex canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Silvery Sedge

Carex canescens ssp. canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Capitate Sedge

Carex capitata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Bristly Sedge

Carex comosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Northwestern Sedge

Carex concinnoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Congdon's Sedge

Carex congdonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Cusick's Sedge

Carex cusickii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Arching Sedge

Carex cyrtostachya

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Davy's Sedge

Carex davyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Carex deflexa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Mountain Mat Sedge

Carex deflexa var. boottii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Dudley's Sedge

Carex densa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Dewey Sedge

Carex deweyana

Calscape.org

2006 Keir Morse

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Lesser Panicled Sedge

Carex diandra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green, White, Red, Brown

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Two-seeded Sedge

Carex disperma

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Douglas' Sedge

Carex douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Spikeletrush Sedge

Carex duriuscula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Bristle Fruit Sedge

Carex echinata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Standing

Star Sedge

Carex echinata ssp. echinata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Coastal Star Sedge

Carex echinata ssp. phyllomanica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Western Blister Sedge

Carex exsiccata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Greensheath Sedge

Carex feta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Thread Leaf Sedge

Carex filifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Sagebrush Sedge

Carex filifolia var. erostrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Thread Leaf Sedge

Carex filifolia var. filifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Cleft Sedge

Carex fissuricola

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Fragile-sheathed Sedge

Carex fracta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Elk Sedge

Carex geyeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Round Fruit Sedge

Carex globosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Slender Sedge

Carex gracilior

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Olney's Hairy Sedge

Carex gynodynama

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Oregon Sedge

Carex halliana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Harford's Sedge

Carex harfordii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Hasse's Sedge

Carex hassei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Cloud Sedge

Carex haydeniana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Heller's Sedge

Carex helleri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown, Black

Wildlife supported:

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: