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Carex texensis

Carex texensis
(Texas sedge)
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Category: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes

Photo Credits: Courtesy Nebraska Statewide Arboretum

Height: Groundcover, 6 – 12 inches


Spread:  18 inches


Location: Bottom, Sides, Top of Berm


Native Status: NE


Comments & Cautions:
a good shade groundcover for naturalizing; adaptable to full sun with irrigation


Recommended For:

  • Bioretention and Rain Gardens

This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet or Medium

This plant prefers Loam soil.

The plant DOES NOT have a salt tolerance.


Bloom and Interest Season:

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec

Plant Form

rhizomatous; grows in mat-like clumps

Foliage

fine-textured, grass-like; semi-evergreen

Flowers

small green spikes in May

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