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Carex scoparia

Pointed Broom Sedge

Carex scoparia, Pointed broom sedge, is an attractive clumping sedge with fine textured foliage.  Pointed broom sedge grows 1-2’ tall and provides great food and cover for song birds in wet meadow habitats.  Pointed broom sedge blooms from late June until the end of July in open wet meadows or along wooded wetland edges in partial sun.

• »  Wetland margin, wet meadows and fields
• »  Tight bunches of flowering culms with green inflorescence mid summer

• Category

  • Native Wetland Grasses

• Characteristics

  • Exposure -Sun
  • Partial Shade
  • 1' - 2'
  • Clumping
  • Prolific Seeder
  • Spring
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • High Marsh - Saturated Soil
  • Low Marsh 0 - 6"
  • Green
  • Amphibians
  • Cover
  • Food
  • Nesting
  • Songbirds
  • Waterfowl
  • Deer Resistant
  • Goose Resistant
  • FACW
  • Bog/Marsh
  • Marginal
  • Sedge
  • Bio Remediation
  • Drought Tolerant
  • Erosion Control
  • Fibrous Roots
  • Mass Planting
  • Native
  • Naturalizing
  • Rain Garden
  • Storm Water Basin
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