Common Name: Palm Sedge

Latin Name: Carex muskingumensis

Height: 3 feet tall

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Green

Bloom Time: June-July

Water Use: High

Soil: Medium-Wet, Medium, Medium-Dry.

Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Sun, Shade

Spreads via rhizomes.

Host Plant: Dun Skipper and Satyr butterfly caterpillars.

Pollinators: Wind Pollinated

Other Information:  Sedges can be identified from grasses by their solid, triangular stem. Grasses have hollow, round stems. Birds and mammals feed on seeds. Palm sedge forms clumping colonies that can be used for ground cover. Plant sedges between flowers to provide natural mulch and weed control in a garden.