Carex bicknellii
(prairie (copper-shouldered) sedge)
(prairie (copper-shouldered) sedge)
Category: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
Photo Credits: John Hilty, Illinois Wildflowers
Height: 24 – 36 inches
Spread: 24 inches
Location: Bottom, Sides, Top of Berm
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
relatively tolerant of variable soil moisture (dry to wet); foliage may die back during hot, dry summers; can naturalize
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet or Medium
This plant prefers Sand or Loam or Clay soil.
The plant DOES NOT have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
clump-forming; can colonize
Foliage
narrow and grass-like
Flowers
yellowish green, insignificant, April to July; on stalks up to 36” long; seed heads not showy