Pond Sedges
Other Common Names:
(Carex spp.)
Native
Pond sedges grow six inches to four feet tall. Leaves have pointed tips and sometimes bend over. Flower spikelets grow in a spiral and are usually brown.
Description
Pond sedges have thread like roots and hollow stems that grow from six inches to four feet tall.
Leaves are well developed and usually flat, but they can be folded. They have pointed tips and sometimes bend over.
Flower spikelets grow from the upper angles of the upper leaves. Flower spikelets are arranged in a spiral and can look like a head covered in spikes. Many pond sedge flowers are small and brown.
It is difficult to differentiate sedges from some grasses because their defining characteristics, the critical reproductive structures, are small. Specific types of sedges are extremely difficult to identify because there are so many different species and they are quite similar.
Management Options
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Location
Pond sedges can be found in wet or dry conditions across the United States.
Propagation
seeds, roots
Management Options
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