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Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 12 inches
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Other: flowers are small and combined into spikes
Flower Color: Green
Other: Yellow-green
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Sedge
  • Hop Sedge

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Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW bog area)
Date: June 9, 2023
Hops Sedge # 477; RAB page 254, 30-17-119; LHB p. 162, 23-3; AG p

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Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 9, 2012 8:21 AM concerning plant:
    The seeds of this plant are eaten by numerous birds and are particulary relished by sparrows. It is a host plant for the Pearly-eye butterfly.
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