Inconnu - Inadequate information on toxicity found.
Plant Names
Carex lurida
Sallow Sedge
Carex luisant
Synonyms
bottlebrush sedge
shallow sedge
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Vert
Bloom Period: May - Aug
Hauteur max: 3,0 feet
Max Width: 2,0 feet (spreads by rhizome)
Light Condition:
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolère des conditions de sol humide
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Tolère des conditions de sol humide
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Landscape Uses:
Souhaitable dans les jardins de zone humide
Suitable for shoreline rehabilitation
Souhaitable dans les jardins de zone humide
Suitable for shoreline rehabilitation
Ecological Benefits:
Butterfly host
Butterfly host
Tolerates:
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Special Features and Considerations:
This plant is a GRASP candidate
This plant is a GRASP candidate
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Sallow Sedge grows best in gardens next to water features such as ponds or streams, or in wetland areas, wet meadows and ditches. Its Latin name refers to the “lurid” lime green of its seedhead, whose shape is responsible for another of its names, bottlebrush sedge; sallow also means yellowish. Wetland sedge seeds also feed many waterfowl and songbirds. It is used by many insects including the striped sedge grasshopper, Otto’s sedge grasshopper, and other insects which in turn feed birds and mammals.
Plant Location
Native to Ottawa region: Oui
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Maritime de l'Atlantique
- Bouclier boréal
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Carex lurida
No butterfly data available for this plant.
Specialized Bees Supported by Carex lurida
No bee data available for this plant.
Complementary Plants
- No complementary plants found.
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Pennisetum setaceum (Fountain Grass)
Sowing Information
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- Sowing depth: Couvrir très légèrement
- Sow by February
- Stratification duration: 60 days
- Self-seeding
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: July
- Harvesting indicator:
- Seeds easily fall off when you gently pull them off
- Harvesting:
- Utiliser la main pour détacher de la tige principale
- Seed viability test:
- Pas de test requis avant le don
- Packaging measure: A dozen (12) seeds (eyeball)
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: Yes, do not donate unless you know source, and there are no known cultivars in your garden or at proximity
- No harvesting video available at this time.
Toxicity Notes
Inadequate information on toxicity found.
GRASP Candidate
Overlooked or difficult to grow plants (eg ghost plants, shrubs, trees, complicated germination etc); sapling sitters, seed sitters, skilled germination, growers with right conditions- aiming for local stock; these plants may not be extinct, but overlooked OR support habitat OR support a vulnerable animal/insect.