Beaked Sedge
Carex rostrata Stokes - Sedge familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 3.5 feet
Planting Distance: 3.0 feet
Plant Type: Graminoid
Root Depth: 16 inches
Growth Form: Rhizomatous
Growth Rate: Moderate
Features
Flower Color: Brown
Conspicuous Flowers: No
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer
Evergreen: No
Fall Colors: No
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Clay Soil Tolerance: Yes
Sandy Soil Tolerance: No
Drought Tolerance: Low
Flood Tolerance: High
Fire Tolerance: High
Salt Tolerance: Low
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Wind
Larval Species depending on Beaked Sedge: Poanes viator viator, Satyrodes eurydice
Native Range
- USA: Alaska, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Washington, Wisconsin
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
- DEN: Greenland
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.