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North Carolina
Sweet Woodreed in flower
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. · Public domain · source

Sweet Woodreed

Cinna arundinacea

Flowers from July into October. It grows wild in 62 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.

Light
Part shade to full sun
Soil
Average to wet soil
Size
About 4.9 ft tall, 1.5 ft wide
Flowers
Jul to Oct
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
A clump of fibrous roots; wants 16 in of soil
Kind
Grass or sedge
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Sweet Woodreed, drawn in a bed

in flowerfall colorbare for winter

Grows well with

Black Chokeberry6 ft tallCommon Sneezeweed4 ft tallRed Chokeberry9 ft tallFringed Sedge4 ft tallVirginia Iris1.8 ft tallRoyal Fern4 ft tallCarolina Phlox2.5 ft tallLyreleaf Sage1.5 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Cinna arundinacea.