(Bristly Sedge)
- Type:
- Grass
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium, Wet
- Height:
- 2 to 3 feet
- Project:
- Erosion Control, Raingarden, Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Brown, Green
- Bloom Months:
- May, June
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- High
- Salt Tolerance:
- Low
- Stress Tolerance:
- Fire Tolerant, General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- None Known
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- None Known
- Pollinators:
- Wind
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cass, Chisago, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Dakota, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Hubbardard, Isanti, Itasca, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Koochiching, Lake, Le Sueur, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Nicollet, Norman, Otter Tail, Pine, Pope, Ramsey, Rice, SCottonwood, Sherburne, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Winona, Wright
Notes/Description:
One of the region's more common aquatic sedges. It is a large, native, perennial herb, often forming large clumps that may grow to a height of 1 1/2 - 4'. A good clump former, bottlebrush sedge is used in upper shoreline zones. This species does well in restorations, especially in wetlands, shores of lakes, ponds, and stream banks. Spikes persist into the winter, The dense growth form makes this sedge a valuable shoreline stabilizer.