Grasses, sedges and rushes for the Poconos

Agrostis hyemalis

Hairgrass or Winter bentgrass is found in dry or moist soil in woods and fields, bogs, meadows, and along roadsides; FAC. Height range is 12-32 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to moist sandy loam.

Agrostis perennans

Autumn bent is found in woods, thickets, open areas, and on stream banks; FACU. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist silty loam.

Agrostis scabra

Fly-away grass is found in meadows, shrublands, woodlands, marshes, and stream and lake margins; FAC. Height range is 12-32 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to moist sandy loam.

Andropogon gerardii

Big bluestem is found in stream banks, roadsides, moist meadows, and prairies; FAC-. Height range is 3 to 10 feet. Grow in sun to part sun in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun, prefers dry, infertile soil,

Andropogon virginicus

Broom-sedge or bluestem is found in old fields, hillsides, and waste grounds; FACU. Height range is 20 to 60 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to moist sandy to medium loams.

Brachyelytrum erectum

Bearded shorthusk is found in moist to dry deciduous woods and thickets. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in part shade, in mesic soil containing loam, sandy loam, or some rocky material.

Bromus altissimus

Bromegrass is found in shaded or open woods, along stream banks, and on alluvial plains and slopes; FACW. Also known as Bromus latigumus. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist, sandy loam

Bromus ciliatus

Fringed brome is found in damp meadows, thickets, woods and stream banks; FACW. Height range is 24-60 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in rich sandy loam.

Bromus kalmii

Bromegrass is found in sandy, gravelly, or limestone soils in open woods and calcareous fens; FACU. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in dry to moist rocky sandy loam.

Bromus pubescens

Canada brome is found in shaded, moist, often upland deciduous woods. Height range is 24-60 inches. Grow in part shade to shade in dry to moist sandy loam.

Calamagrostis canadensis

Canada bluejoint is found in wet meadows, bogs, and swamps; two varieties, canadensis and macouniana; FACW. Height range is 24-60 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in rich moist loam.

Chasmanthium latifolium

Northern sea-oats or Indian wood oats is found in rich alluvial woods or rocky slopes along streams and on moist bluffs and stream banks; FACU. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in dry to moist rich sandy loam, pH 5-7.

Cinna arundinacea

Wood reedgrass is found in moist woodlands and swamps, depressions, along streams, and in floodplain and upland woods; less frequent in wet meadows, marshes, and disturbed sites; FACU. Height range is 40-60 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist to wet humusy loam.

Cyperus esculentus

Yellow nutsedge is found in low areas of upland prairies and fields, stream edges and pond margins; FACU. Height range is 12-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist, rich sandy loams.

Danthonia spicata

Poverty-grass is found in dry rocky, sandy, or mineral soils, usually in open sunny places. Height range is 8-24 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to mesic sandy loam.

Deschampsia flexuosa

Common hairgrass is found in dry, generally rocky slopes, and in woods and thickets, often in disturbed sites. Height range is 12-40 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in dry to mesic sandy loam.

Dulichium arundinaceum

Three-way sedge is found in open wet places, lake and pond margins, marshes, swamps, bogs and stream shores; OBL. Can reach 48 inches. Grow in part shade in moist to wet sandy-clay loam.

Echinochloa muricata

Barnyard-grass is found in moist ground, alluvial shores and often on disturbed sites; FACW+. Height range is 4-24 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in rich silty loam.

Eleocharis acicularis

Needle spike-rush is found in bare, wet soil or in lakes, ponds, vernal pools, meadows, springs and disturbed places; OBL. Can reach 3 feet. Grow in sun to part sun in shallow ponds and pools.

Eleocharis erythropoda

Bald Spike-rush is found in non-calcareous or calcareous fresh or brackish shores, marshes, meadows, fens, disturbed places; and tidal shores, stream banks, wet meadows and swales; OBL. Can reach 3 feet. inches. Grow in full sun in wet to mesic sandy loam, prefers pH of 7 to 8.

Elocharis palustris

Creeping spike rush is found in large colonies at margins of lakes and stream, bogs, swamps and marshy swales. Can reach 50 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in ponds, rain gardens and retention basins up to 40 inches deep; can be inundated for up to 4 months.

Elymus canadensis var. canadensis

Canada wild-rye is found in alluvial shores and thickets, especially near larger rivers and tributaries; FACU+. Can reach 36 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in silty alluvial loam.

Elymus hystrix

Bottlebrush grass is found in dry to moist soils in open woods and thickets, especially on base-rich slopes and small stream terraces. Height range is 24-36 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist sandy clay loam.

Elymus riparius

Riverbank wild-rye is found in moist, usually alluvial and often sandy soils in woods and thickets, usually along larger streams and occasionally along upland ditches; FACW. Height range is 40-60 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in mesic to moist alluvial sandy loam.

Elymus trachycaulus

Slender wheatgrass is found in generally open or moderately open areas, but sometimes in forests; FACU. Height range is 15-40 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to moist sandy loam.

Elymus villosus

Wild rye is found in moist to moderately dry, often rocky soils in woods and thickets, especially in calcareous or other base-rich soils, but it is also frequent on drier, sandy soils or damper, alluvial soils in glaciated regions; FACU-. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in dry to moist sandy or alluvial loam.

Elymus virginicus

Virginia wild rye is found in moist to damp or rather dry soil, mostly on bottomland or fertile uplands, in open woods, thickets, tall forbs, or weedy sites; FACW-. Height range is 20-50 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in sandy, organic clay loam, pH 5-7.

Eragrostis spectabilis

Purple lovegrass is found in sandy dry fields and on the margins of woods, along roadsides, and in other disturbed sites, usually in sandy to clay loam soils; UPL. Height range is 12-24 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to moist sandy to clay loams.

Eriophorum virginicum

Tawny cotton-grass is found in bogs, peaty meadows and peaty swamps; OBL. Height range is 1 to 3 feet. Grow in full sun in wet, rich silty soil.

Festuca subverticillata

Nodding fescue is found in moist to dry, deciduous or mixed forests with organic rocky soils; FACU. Height range is 24-48 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist, organic, rocky, sandy loam.

Glyceria borealis

Northern mannagrass is found in edges and muddy shores of freshwater streams, lakes, and ponds; OBL. Can reach 40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.

Glyceria canadensis

Rattlesnake mannagrass is found in bogs, swamps, wet woods and marshes near lakes; OBL. Can reach 36 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.

Glyceria grandis

American mannagrass is found in wet woods, stream banks, swamps, and in the water of streams, ditches, ponds, and wet meadows. Can reach 48 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.

Glyceria melicaria

Slender mannagrass is found in swamps, bogs and wet soils; OBL. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.

Glyceria striata

Fowl mannagrass is found in bogs, along lakes and streams, and in other wet places; OBL. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.

Hierochloe odorata

Vanilla sweetgrass is found in moist meadows or river shores. Height range is 18-36 inches; FACW. Grow in sun to part sun in moist, organic sandy loam.

Juncus acuminatus

Sharp-fruited rush is found in wet meadows, swamps, marshes, stream banks, shores, ditches, springs, and rock outcrops; OBL. Height range is 8-30 inches. Grow in full sun in rich loam, wet to shallow water.

Juncus articulatus

Jointed rush is found in swamps and mud flats; wet ground in ditches, lake and stream margins, often in calcareous soils. Height range is 4-20 inches. Grow in full sun in rich loam, wet to shallow water.

Juncus bufonius

Toad rush is found in moist soils in meadows, along lakeshores or stream banks, ditches, or roadsides, frequent in drawdown areas; usually in open sites and often becoming weedy; FACW. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet rich loam.

Juncus canadensis

Canada rush is found in swamps, marshes, bogs, swales, fens, lake and pond shores, often in calcareous soils; OBL. Height range is 12-48 inches. Grow in full sun in moist to wet rich loams.

Juncus dudleyi

Dudley's rush is found in exposed or shaded sites, usually moist areas such as along stream banks, ditches, around springs. Height range is 12-32 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in sandy to clayey loam.

Juncus effusus var. pylaei

Soft rush is found in swamps and marshes, moist meadows, and moist or saturated soils; FACW+. Can reach 36 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in mesic to moist sandy, rich loam.

Juncus filiformis

Thread rush is found in moist to wet soil along stream banks, pools, lakes or in meadow depressions, but rarely in bogs. Height range is 6-12 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet sandy rich loam.

Juncus greenei

Greene's rush is found in dry, sandy, well-drained, near lake shores, in sand dunes or pinelands; very rare and endangered; FAC. Height range is 10-30 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry sandy loam.

Juncus marginatus var. marginatus

Grass-leaved rush is found in bogs, shores, marshes and ditches in moist to wet clayey, peaty or sandy soils; FACW. Height range is 10- 20 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in rich, moist to wet sandy, peaty or clay loam.

Juncus nodosus

Knotted rush is found in moist to wet fields, swamps, fens, marshes, swales, bogs in sandy often calcareous soils; OBL. Height range is 6-18 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet sandy circumneutral soils.

Juncus tenuis

Path rush is found in moist to dry, sometimes heavily compacted soil of woods, fields waste ground and paths; FAC-. Height range is 4-32 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to moist sandy clay loam.

Leersia oryzoides

Rice cutgrass is found in heavy wet soils, clay or sandy, in meadows and bogs, frequently in standing water; OBL. Height range is 30-80 inches. Grow in full sun in moist to wet mucky to sandy loams.

Leersia virginica

Cutgrass is found in damp to wet woods, often along streams; FACW. Height range is 20-50 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist, rich sandy loam.

Luzula acuminata var acuminata

Hairy woodrush is found in meadows, hillsides and open woods; FAC. Height range is 5-15 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in rich, sandy loam.

Luzula multiflora

Field woodrush is found in fields and meadows, clearings, open woods and roadside ditches; FACU. Can reach 30 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to mesic sandy loam, pH 5-7.

Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum

Milletgrass is found in cool rich woods. Height range is 4-8 inches. Grow in part shade to shade in mesic to moist humusy loam.

Muhlenbergia frondosa

Wirestem muhly is found in thickets, clearings and forest edges and alluvial plains; FAC. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in moist sandy loam.

Muhlenbergia glomerata

Spike muhly is found in marshes, bogs, fens, meadows, lake shores, stream banks, often in calcareous soils; FACW. Height range is 12-36 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist, rich sandy loam.

Muhlenbergia mexicana

Muhly is found in bogs, swamps, lake margins, moist prairies and woodlands; FACW. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in mesic to moist sandy loams.

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Dropseed or Nimblewill is found in dry to mesic woodlands and prairies, river banks and ravines, often in sandy to rocky soil; FAC. Can reach 36 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to moist sandy loam; can be invasive.

Panicum capillare

Witchgrass is found in fields, pastures, roadsides, waste places and ditches; FAC-. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to moist sandy to clayey loam.

Panicum clandestinum

Deer-tongue grass is found in clearings and edges in damp, sandy woodlands and thickets; FAC+. Height range is 30-50 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist sandy loam.

Panicum dichotomiflorum

Smooth panic grass is found in dry to moist open woods, meadows, bogs, swamps, edges of lakes and ponds; FACW-. Height range is 12-24 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in dry to moist sandy loam.

Panicum oligosanthes var. oligosanthes

Hellers rosette grass is found in loamy, clayey soil of thickets, especially along the Delaware River; FACU. Height range is 10-30 inches. Grow in part sun in dry to moist clay loam.

Panicum rigidulum

Panic grass is found in marshy shorelines of rivers, lakes and ponds, swamps, wet pine savannahs, floodplain forests and wet low woods; rarely in dry sites; FACW+. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.

Panicum virgatum

Switchgrass is found in dry slopes of open oak or pine woodlands, river banks, marshes, but especially mesic to wet tall grass prairies; FAC. Can reach 6 feet. Grow in full sun to part shade in average, medium to wet soils. Prefers moist, sandy or clay soils in full sun. Tends to lose columnar form and flop in rich soils and too much shade.

Phalaris arundinacea

Reed canary-grass is found in dry to wet, well-drained soil, especially in marshes, swamps; FACW. Height range is 10-30 inches. Grow in full sun to part shade in dry to wet sandy rich loam.

Phragmites australis var americana

Common reed is found in marshes, lake shores, swales and ditches in wet, muddy ground; FACW. Height range is 3 to 12 feet. Grow in full sun in moist to wet muddy loams. A very aggressive spreader.

Poa palustris

Fowl bluegrass is found in wet meadows, shores, thickets, riparian and upland areas; FACW. Height range is 20-50 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.

Poa saltuensis

Old-pasture bluegrass is found in dry to mesic rich open woodlands and thickets in thin soils over limestone. Height range is 20-50 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in circumneutral dry to mesic loam.

Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium

Little bluestem is found in old fields, roadsides and open woods; FACU. Height range is 20-45 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to moist sandy loam.

Schoenoplectus purshianus

Bulrush is found in lake shores, ponds and ditches, often emergent with relatively little water-level fluctuations; OBL. Can reach 36 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in sandy soils, shallow standing water.

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Great bulrush is found in fens, marshes, bogs, lakes, stream banks and sandbars, often emergent in water to 3 feet deep; OBL. Height range is 18-30 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in sandy-silty soils, shallow standing water.

Scirpus atrocinctus

Blackish wool-grass is found in moist to wet meadows, marshes, ditches and swales; FACW+. Height range is 10-25 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet rich silty loam.

Scirpus atrovirens

Black bulrush is found in marshes, moist meadows, swales, shores and ditches; FACW+. Height range is 20-30 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet rich silty loam.

Scirpus cyperinus

Wool-grass is found in marshes, wet meadows and swales; FACW+. Height range is 30-60 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet rich loam, including shallow water.

Scirpus expansus

Wood bulrush is found in marshes, wet meadows and swales; OBL. Height range is 12-30 inches. Grow in full sun in wet silty loam, including standing water.

Scirpus microcarpus

Bulrush is found in marshes, moist meadows, swales and ditches; OBL. Height range is 12-30 inches. Grow in full sun in wet silty loam, including standing water.

Scirpus pendulus

Bulrush is found in marshes, moist meadows and ditches, often associated with calcareous substrates. Height range is 12-30 inches. Grow in full sun in wet silty circumneutral loam, including standing water.

Scirpus polyphyllus

Bulrush is found in swampy places and along streams, usually shaded by trees; OBL. 12-30 inches. Grow in part shade in wet rich sandy loam, including standing water.

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Blue-eyed-grass is found in moist open woods, moist sandy meadows, stream banks and swamp edges; FACW. Can reach 20 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in moist to wet sandy loam.

Sisyrinchium montanum var. crebrum

Blue-eyed-grass is found in moist meadows and floodplains at lower elevations; FAC. Can reach 20 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in moist silty loam.

Sorghastrum nutans

Indian-grass is found in prairies, woodlands and savannahs, including scrublands; FACU. Height range is 3-6 feet. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to mesic sandy loam.

Sparganium americanum

Bur-reed is found in lake and pond shores and shallow neutral-to-alkaline waters, sometimes forming large stands; OBL. Height range is 20-50 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in sandy-silty moist to wet loams, including standing water.

Sparganium eurycarpum

Bur-reed is found in shores, ditches, low marshes, neutral to alkaline water on gravel, sand or mud, occasionally among boulders on wave-washed shorelines; OBL. Height range is 20-50 inches. Grow in full sun in silty-sandy loam on pond edges or in standing water.

Sparganium fluctuans

Bur-reed is found in cold, still, acidic-to-neutral low-nutrient waters up to 6 feet. deep; sometimes covers the surface with strap-shaped leaves; OBL. Can reach 6 feet. Grow in full sun in standing water on silty-sandy loam.

Spartina pectinata

Freshwater cordgrass is found in floodplains, especially those scoured by ice, marshes and sloughs; OBL. Height range is 3-6 feet. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty and alluvial loam.

Sphenopholis obtusata var. major

Slender wedgegrass is found in forests, marsh edges and prairies on dry open sites; FAC-. Height range is 10-25 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to mesic sandy loam.

Tridens flavus

Purpletop is found in meadows, fields, roadsides and open woods; FACU. Height range is 40-50 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry sandy to clay loam.

Trisetum spicatum

Oatgrass is found in forests, moist meadows, rock ledges and scree fields; FACU. Height range is 4-20 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry, sandy, rocky soils.

Vulpia octoflora var. glauca

Six-weeks fescue is found in open woodlands and clearings, savannahs, meadows, roadsides in dry and sterile soil; UPL. Height range is 4-16 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to mesic infertile sandy loams.

Carex annectens

Yellowfruit sedge is found in dry to moist, often calcareous soils in open habitats and wet meadows; FACW. Height range is 16-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to moist sandy loam.

Carex appalachica

Appalachian sedge is found in ry to mesic deciduous or mixed forests, usually on sandy or rocky soils. Height range is 8-24 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in dry to moist rocky sandy loam.

Carex argyrantha

Hay sedge is found in dry and rocky (especially sandstone) woods and clearings. Height range is 12-40 inches. Grow in part shade to shade in dry rocky sandy loam.

Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea

Prickly bog sedge is found in swamps, bogs, and along shores; OBL. Height range is 4-40 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist silty loam.

Carex baileyi

Bailey's sedge is found in sandy, peaty, or gravelly pond, lake, and stream shores, meadows, swamps, seeps, ditches, usually in acidic soils; OBL. Height range is 8-28 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist to wet rich silty loam.

Carex bebbii

Bebb's sedge is found in wet places with calcareous or neutral soils, gravelly lakeshores, stream banks, meadows and forest seeps; OBL. Height range is 8 to 32 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in moist rich loam.

Carex bicknellii

Bicknell's sedge is found in dry woods, thickets, fields and barrens. Height range is 12-48 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to mesic sandy loam.

Carex blanda

Eastern woodland sedge is found in swamps, bottomlands and mesic to dry woods, including lawns, roadsides and stream banks; FAC; 6-24 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to mesic rich sandy loam.

Carex brevior

Sedge is found in prairies, meadows, open woods, dry road banks, often in calcareous or neutral soils. Height range is 12-40 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to mesic rich sandy loam.

Carex bromoides

Brome-like sedge is found in wet hardwood forests, wooded floodplains and swamps, occasionally wet meadows and marsh edges; FACW. Height range is 10-32 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist, rich humusy loam.

Carex bushii

Sedge is found in dry to moist upland woods, thickets, and fields; FACW. Height range is 10-36 inches. Grow in medium to moist soils in full sun to part shade.

Carex buxbaumii

Bauxbaum's sedge is found in calcareous swamps, swales, wet meadows, marshes, and fens; OBL. Height range is 10-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam, circumneutral soils.

Carex cephalophora

Oval-leaf sedge is found in dry to wet-mesic deciduous or mixed forests, thickets, but rarely open grassy habitats; FACU. Height range is 12-32 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in dry, mesic to wet rich sandy loam.

Carex comosa

Longhair sedge is found in swamps and wet thickets, stream, pond, and lakeshores, depressions in wet meadows, marshes, often in shallow water or on emergent stumps, floating logs, and floating mats of vegetation; OBL. Height range is 20-48 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in wet, silty, loam and sometimes standing water.

Carex conoidea

Open field sedge is found in moist meadows and prairies, shores of lakes, ponds, and rivers, usually in acidic sands or loams; FACU. Height range is 5-30 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist, rich organic loam.

Carex crinita var. crinita

Fringed or Short hair sedge is found in swamps, floodplain forests, wet meadows, marshes, bogs, stream edges, margins of lakes and ponds and roadside ditches; OBL. Height range is 28-60 inches. Grow in sun to pat shade in moist to wet silty organic loam.

Carex cristatella

Crested sedge is found in moist to wet meadows, marshes, thickets, stream banks, and ditches; FACW. Height range is 12-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty organic loam.

Carex davisii

Davis' sedge is found in rich deciduous floodplain forests and forest margins, usually along streams, meadows, fields and thickets; often on calcareous soils; FAC-. Height range is 12-36 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in rich humus.

Carex deweyana var. deweyana

Dewey sedge is found in wet-mesic to dry-mesic forests, and forest edges; FACU. Height range is 8-40 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in rich rocky loam.

Carex diandra

Lesser panicled sedge is found in bog hummocks and pond margins; OBL. Height range is 12-30 inches. Grow in sun to part sun on pond edges in wet, organic loam.

Carex echinata

Prickly sedge is found in bogs, swamps, peaty or sandy shores of streams or lakes, wet meadows, usually in acidic soils; OBL. Height range is 4-36 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.

Carex emoryi

Sedge is found in stream banks, swales, marshes, seepy areas and fens; OBL. Height range is 12-40 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in moist to wet rich sandy loam.

Carex flava

Yellow sedge is found in moist to wet habitats, such as open meadows, fens, partially shaded shrub peaty wetlands and swamps, on lime-rich soils; OBL. Height range is 4 to 32 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet rich loam.

Carex folliculata

Northern long sedge is found in wet forests, bogs, seeps, wet meadows, marsh edges, stream banks, lakeshores, in acidic, sandy, or peaty soils; OBL. Height range is 12-48 inches. Grow in part sun to shade in moist to wet rich humusy soils.

Carex glaucodea

Blue sedge is found in mesic to wet-mesic deciduous forests or seasonally moist prairies, usually in clays or loams. Height range is 4-20 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in clayey to sandy loams.

Carex gracillima

Graceful sedge is found in mesic to dry deciduous forests, including edges and openings, mixed conifer-hardwood forests, coniferous swamps, thickets, meadows, and along roadsides; FACU. Height range is 8-40 inches. Grow in part shade in dry to mesic sandy loam.

Carex granularis

Limestone meadow sedge is found in meadows, fens, glades, or shores, moist woods, and bottomland swamps, especially along streams usually in clayey or sandy-clay soils; FACW+. Height range is 8-36 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist to wet rich silty loam.

Carex grisea

Wood Gray Sedge is found in dry to moist rich deciduous woodlands, meadows, swales and ditches; FAC. Height range is 8-30 inches. Grow in part shade in rich moist organic loam.

Carex gynandra

Nodding sedge is found in swamps, floodplain forests, wet meadows, marshes, bogs, stream edges, margins of lakes and ponds and roadside ditches; OBL. Height range is 30-60 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist to wet silty loam.

Carex hirsutella

Fuzzy wuzzy sedge is found in meadows and dry to mesic woods in neutral to basic soils. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to mesic sandy loam.

Carex hirtifolia

Hairy Sedge is found in mesic to dry thickets, lowland forests and forested slopes. Height range is 12-32 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in mesic to dry soil containing loam, clay-loam, or some rocky material. Above average tolerance of dry conditions.

Carex hystericina

Bottlebrush sedge is found in swamps, moist meadows and fens, seeps and edges of lakes, ponds and streams, mostly in calcareous soils; OBL. Height range is 8 to 40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet rich silty loam.

Carex interior

Inland sedge is found in wet meadows and prairies, fens, swamps, river and lakeshores, seeps; usually in calcareous soils; OBL. Height range is 8-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet, rich silty circumneutral loam.

Carex intumescens

Great bladder sedge is found in dry to wet forests and openings, thickets, and wet meadows; FACW+. Height range is 6 to 32 inches. Grow in part shade to shade in dry to mesic acidic humus.

Carex lacustris

Hairy sedge is found in swamps, wet thickets, marsh edges, meadows, fens and shores of lakes, ponds and streams; OBL. Height range is 10 to 50 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.

Carex lasiocarpa

Wooly fruit sedge is found in wet meadows, stream banks, fens and bogs, lakeshores, especially in very wet sites and sometimes forming floating mats; OBL. Height range is 10-50 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty or peaty loam.

Carex laxiculmis var. laxiculmis

Spreading sedge is found in wet, low, deciduous or mixed deciduous and evergreen forests; stream edges and springs, and seeps, especially on clay soils. Height range is 4-40 inches. Grow in part shade to shade in mesic to moist humusy sandy loam.

Carex laxiflora

Broad looseflower sedge is found in higher elevations of dry to moist deciduous or mixed deciduous-evergreen forests; FACU. Height range is 5-25 inches. Grow in part shade to shade in mesic to moist humusy sandy loam.

Carex lupuliformis

False hop sedge is found in calcareous marshes, wet woods, sometimes in shallow water; FACW. Height range is 20-48 Grow in full sun to part shade in silty rich soils continually moist to wet.

Carex lupulina

Hop sedge is found in wet mixed to deciduous swampy forests and openings, wet meadows; OBL. Height range is 10 to 50 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist to wet rich silty loam.

Carex lurida

Shallow sedge is found in pond, lake and stream shores, marshes and wet meadows, seeps and swampy forests, usually in sandy acidic soils; OBL. Height range is 10-50 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet rich silty loam

Carex molesta

Troublesome sedge is found in dry to wet, frequently heavy, calcareous soils in fields, bottomlands and along roadsides. Height range is 15 to 45 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to wet, clayey to silty loam

Carex muehlenbergii

Muehlenberg's sedge is found in sandy, dry savannahs and open forests. Height range is 10 to 40 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry sandy loam.

Carex normalis

Greater straw sedge is found in generally wet woods, thickets, meadows and along roadsides; FACU. Height range is 10-50 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in moist to mesic sandy clay loam.

Carex pedunculata

Sedge is found in rich, rocky, wooded slopes or swampy woods. Height range is 2 -12 inches. Grow in part shade to shade in moist to dry sandy loams.

Carex pellita

Sedge is found in swamps, moist meadows, and along shores of lakes and ponds; OBL. Height range is 12-40 inches. Grow in full sun to part in moist to wet rich loams.

Carex pensylvanica

Pennsylvania sedge is found in well-drained, acidic but mineral rich sandy, rocky, and loamy soils in deciduous forests, edges and openings. Height range is 4-16 inches. Grow in part shade to shade in dry to mesic sandy rocky loam. Colonizes by rhizomes.

Carex plantaginea

Plantain sedge is found in rich, moist, deciduous or mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, on slopes along streams or along edges of moist depressions. Height range is 8-24 inches. Grow in part shade in consistently moist organic loams.

Carex platyphylla

Broad-leaf sedge is found in rocky or gravelly slopes in rich, moist deciduous forests, usuallly on limestone, shale, or calcareous metamorphic rocks, often on clay soils. Height range is 6-16 inches. Grow in part sun to shade in moist, rich sandy humus.

Carex projecta

Necklace sedge is found in moist to wet meadows, low spots in deciduous and mixed forests, thickets, stream banks and lake shores; FACW. Grow in part sun to part shade in moist to wet rich loam.

Carex radiata

Eastern star sedge is found in wet to mesic mixed and deciduous forests in often seasonally wet areas. Height range is 10-30 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in mesic to wet-mesic sandy clay loam.

Carex retrorsa

Backward sedge is found in lake and pond shores, stream banks, marshes, swamps, wet meadows and thickets; FACW. Height range is 12-36 inches. Grow in shade to part shade in moist to wet organic loam.

Carex rosea

Rosy sedge is found in dry and mesic deciduous and mixed forests. Height range is 10-35 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in dry to mesic sandy loam.

Carex scoparia

Broom sedge is found in dry to wet open habitats, often on sandy, acidic soils; FACW. Height range is 10-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in dry to wet acidic, sandy loam.

Carex sparganioides

Bur reed sedge is found in dry and mesic deciduous and mixed forests on neutral or basic soils; FACU. Height range is 15-40 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in dry to moist humusy loam.

Carex sprengelii

Sprengli's sedge is found in dry to mesic hardwood and mixed conifer forests and openings, floodplain forests and riverbanks, lakeshores, limestone river bluffs, frequent on calcareous soils; FACU. Height range is 10-40 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in dry to mesic rich sandy and alluvial loam.

Carex sterilis

Atlantic sedge is found in white-cedar swamps, wet calcareous prairies, fens and meadows, calcareous seeps, lake and river shores, and wet sunny limestone outcrops; OBL. Height range is 1-3 inches. Grow in full sun to part sun in wet to moist circumneutral sandy loams.

Carex stipata var. stipata

Owl fruit sedge is found in soils that are periodically saturated or inundated in wet meadows, swamps, marshes, and alluvial bottomlands. Height range is 15 to 40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet rich silty and alluvial loam.

Carex stricta

Tussock or Upright sedge is found in lake shores, bogs, marshes and wet meadows; OBL. Height range is 6-44 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet rich silty or alluvial loam.

Carex swanii

Swann's sedge is found in mesic to dry forests and scrublands; FACU. Height range is 10-20 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in mesic to dry sandy loam.

Carex tenera

Quill sedge is found in moist to dry meadows and open forests; FAC. Height range is 10-35 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in mesic to wet sandy loam.

Carex teretiuscula

Prairie sedge is found in calcareous fens and marshes; FACW. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist rich silty loam. Also known as Carex prairea

Carex tribuloides

Sedge is found in open floodplain forests, moist to wet grasslands, ditches, stream banks and wet thickets; FACW+. Height range is 20-40 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in wet to moist gravelly, sandy, peaty or loamy soils.

Carex trichocarpa

Hairy fruit sedge is found in wet thickets and meadows, near streams and rivers, and in openings in bottomlands; OBL. Height range is 20-50 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist rich loam.

Carex tuckermanii

Sedge is found in deciduous swamp forests, thickets, often along streams or pond shores and wet meadows; OBL. Height range is 16-40 inches. Grow in sun to part shade in moist to wet silty loam.

Carex utriculata

Northwest territory sedge is found in pond and lake shorelines, swamps, marshes, meadows, fens, bogs and wet thickets; OBL. Height range is 16-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist rich loam

Carex vesicaria

Blister sedge is found in stream, pond and lake shores; marshes, bogs, wet meadows, low wet areas in forests, wet thickets and swamps, frequently on sites inundated in spring and dry during summer; OBL. Height range is 5-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in mesic to moist rich sandy loam.

Carex virescens

Ribbed sedge is found in deciduous forests and banks ranging from mesic to dry. Height range is 15-40 inches. Grow in part sun to part shade in mesic to dry sandy loam.

Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea

Fox sedge is found in marshes, ditches and wet meadows periodically inundated or saturated; OBL. Height range is 16-40 inches. Grow in sun to part sun in moist to wet silty loam.