Carex hystericina
(bottlebrush (porcupine) sedge)
(bottlebrush (porcupine) sedge)
Category: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
Photo Credits: Photo by John Hilty, Illinois Wildflowers
Height: 24 – 36 inches
Spread: 36 inches
Location: Bottom, Sides
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
almost always naturally occurs in wetlands; growth during cool seasons, dormant when hot; seed valued by wetland birds
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
The plant DOES NOT have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
tuft-forming; rhizomatous colonies
Foliage
narrow, grass-like
Flowers
May-July; green prickly spikelets turning brown