Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
It grows wild in 79 of Virginia’s 133 counties.
- Light
- Full shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 5 in to 8 in tall, 6 in wide
- Flowers
- White
- Roots
- Spreading rhizomes or runners; reach 3 ft down in open ground
- Kind
- Grass or sedge
At its grown size
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 31 kinds of caterpillars
- Birds
- 50 kinds of birds
Grows well with
Heartleaf Aster
Bird's-foot Violet
Wild Strawberry
Bluestem Goldenrod
New Jersey Tea
Creeping Phlox
Calico Aster
Narrowleaf SundropsFacts from the Quercus record for Carex pensylvanica.