Carex sprengelii
Long-Beaked Sedge

  • This native sedge thrives in partial or full shade and a range of soils from moist to dry and rocky.

  • It grows in clumps about 2 feet tall.

  • Its dangling seed heads resemble oats.

  • Spreads through short rhizomes to form small colonies.

  • Drought tolerant and deer resistant.