General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also margins of ponds and lakes.
Availability:
Available at native plant nurseries in central and South Florida.
Description: Medium to large emergent herbaceous sedge with narrow rounded stems.
Dimensions: Emergent 2-4 feet in height. Spreading from underground stems (rhizomes) and forming large patches.
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast.
Range:
Texas, Georgia and Florida south to the Monroe County mainland; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of Postal Code Areas of IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Freshwater marshes.
Soils: Wet, inundated freshwater soils.
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate to low; it prefers soils with organic content, but will still grow reasonably well in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance: Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: Brown inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics: Semi-showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season: Spring-summer.
Fruit: Inconspicuous achene.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from seed or divisions.
