Nebraska sedge
Carex nebrascensis · Aquatic plants
Out of the water · Photo: Austin Saunders / CC BY
How to identify Nebraska sedge
- Stiff, blue green, flat leaves
- Short, thick dark seed spikes
- Lowest bract longer than the flower cluster
- Strong rhizomes
Similar plants
Water sedge has slender drooping spikes; beaked sedge has yellow green leaves and fat beaked spikes.
Growth profile
| Growing season | Grows from spring, fruits June to August, tops brown in fall and rhizomes overwinter. |
|---|---|
| Starts growing | About 45 to 50 F soil |
| Light | Needs full sun |
| Depth | Moist shoreline to about 6 inches of water |
| How it spreads | Rhizomes and seeds |
| Habitat | Wet meadows, ditches, springs and pond margins; tolerates alkaline soils. |
Why it matters in a lake
Very tolerant of grazing and alkaline soil; good forage and strong bank stabilizer.
Where it is found
- Idaho: Occasional
- Oregon: Occasional
- Wyoming: Occasional
Classification
| Kingdom | Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Poales |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Scientific name | Carex nebrascensis |
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