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Carex vulpinoidea
American fox sedge
American fox sedge forms lovely fine-leaved mounds and beautiful seed heads put on a midsummer show. This sedge is a great choice for rain gardens.
An adaptable sedge for moist, wet, or average-moist soils that supports a great deal of wildlife. According to illinoiswildlfower.info "... a food plant of caterpillars of several skippers, caterpillars of the Eyed Brown, caterpillars of the Tufted Sedge Moth and other moths, semi-aquatic leaf beetles, the Sedge Billbug." (and much more) "Some wetland birds feed on the seeds or seedheads of sedges in wetlands; these species include the Mallard and other ducks, Sora and Virginia Rail, Swamp Sparrow and other granivorous songbirds, Trumpeter Swan, and some sandpipers...it provides good cover for many species of wetland animals, including nesting habitat for the Sedge Wren."
Plants can be purchased in-person or online (with in-person pick-up).
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Carex vulpinoidea (American fox sedge)
type: sedge sun needs: full sun to part sun water needs: moist to wet height: 1-3' plant spacing: 2' distance bloom time: May, June bloom color: green/brown salt tolerant. Some salt exposure should not be fatal to the plant but some leaf burning may still occur. Deer resistant (please note that does not mean deer proof). Can be aggressive.
