Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Grasses, sedges and wildflowers
Sawbeak sedge
Carex stipata
In stockNative to the USRestorationRiparianLandscape
Sawbeak sedge is a deciduous grass and sedge that reaches about 4 feet at maturity, with a slow growth rate. Up to about 4 feet tall, often shorter. In the wild it grows in low, wet grounds.
Water
Moderate
Light
Sun
Hardiness
Zone 3
Mature height
4 ft
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Growing guide
- Growth habit
- Deciduous Grass/Grass-like
- Mature size
- Up to about 4 feet tall, often shorter.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Water needs
- Moderate; low drought tolerance once established; high tolerance of saturated soil
- Soil moisture
- Moist, Wet
- Light
- Sun
- Cold hardiness
- To -38°F (about USDA Zone 3)
- Salt tolerance
- Low
- Bloom
- Not Applicable · Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
- Grows in
- Low, wet grounds
- Native range
- Transcontinental Canada, s. to FL, LA, KS & CA
Wildlife and uses
Good for: Restoration, Riparian, Landscape
Sources
Hardiness zone is estimated from the USDA minimum temperature. Uses are suggested from USDA plant traits.
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