Chamisso Sedge

Carex pachystachya

Grass-like plant with long, graceful, upright, slender stalks and produces brown seedheads. Great for integrating with wildflowers due to minimal competition for light or space.
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Sedge
Mature Height: 2-4'
Sun Exposure: Full sun
Soil Moisture: Moist to wet. Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.

Special Use Benefits:​

• Good for Erosion Control

​Ideal for:

• Open meadows
  
• Strands along lakeshores
  
• Forest edges

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