Local Native Grasses
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| Common Name Spreading Sedge Botanical Name Carex laxiculmis An evergreen sedge with bluish green color. It grows 6-12 inches tall. It is a low maintenance plant that prefers average to moist soil in half-shady to shady areas. Develops yellow to white, nonshowy flowers in the spring. Spreading Sedge Details |
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| Common Name Lurid Sedge Botanical Name Carex lurida A wetland sedge that can grow to 2 feet tall. Leaves are long and slender. Seed head is 3 inches long and .5 to 1 inches wide. Lurid Sedge Details |
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| Common Name Pennsylvania Sedge Botanical Name Carex pensylvanica This cutie has fine foliage and grows only 8 inches tall. Spreads by rhizomes and enjoys acidic soil sites. Prefers partial shade. Great under oaks and pines! Pennsylvania Sedge Details |
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| Common Name Plantain-leaved or Seersucker Sedge Botanical Name Carex plantaginea This grass is mostly evergreen and has broad, shiny, puckered leaves. It grows 8-10 inches tall and wide. Non-showy purple or brown seed heads develop in the late spring or early summer. This plant makes a nice ground cover in moist, richly soiled shady gardens. Native Americans once used this grass as a charm to ward off snakes and also as a topical treatment for snake bites. Plantain-leaved or Seersucker Sedge Details |
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| Common Name Long Beaked Sedge Botanical Name Carex sprengelii This sedge has narrow, yellow-green draping foliage blades. Produces dangling pale yellow spikelets in the spring. Grows 1-2 feet tall. Prefers partial sun with moist, rich soil. Long Beaked Sedge Details |
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| Common Name Awl-fruited Sedge Botanical Name Carex stipata A terrific grass for soil stabilization. Produces golden yellow seed heads in the summer. Grows 3 - 6 feet. Awl-fruited Sedge Details |
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| Common Name Tussock Sedge Botanical Name Carex stricta A wetland native that forms dense mounds or tussocks, it forms distinctive hummocks in wetlands. Bright green foliage emerges from the top of the tussock. Prefers sun to partial shade. Grows 2 to 3 feet tall. Tussock Sedge Details |
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| Common Name Purple Love Grass Botanical Name Eragrostis spectabilis This small grass creates a beautiful field of red. purple and bronze in the fall! Grows 1 to 2 feet tall. Prefers full sun and sandy, poor soil. It is drought tolerant. Purple Love Grass Details |
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| Common Name Cotton Grass Botanical Name Eriophorum virginicum Commonly found in bogs and ditches, this flat-leaved grass grows 1-4 feet tall. It develops long, soft, cottony bristles in compact tawny masses. Cotton Grass Details |
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| Common Name Soft Rush Botanical Name Juncus effusus Leaves of this plant are slender tubes that grow 1 to 5 feet tall. The grass is dark green. They are found in ponds, swamps and marshes. It makes a great cover for birds! Soft Rush Details |
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