Quill Sedge
Carex tenera Dewey - Sedge familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 30 inches
Planting Distance: 3.0 feet
Plant Type: Graminoid
Root Depth: 8 inches
Growth Form: Bunch
Growth Rate: Slow
Features
Flower Color: Green
Conspicuous Flowers: No
Bloom Time: Mid 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: Medium
Flood Tolerance: High
Fire Tolerance: High
Salt Tolerance: None
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Wind
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan
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.