Carex sartwelliana - Yosemite sedge

Yosemite sedge (Carex sartwelliana) is a medium-sized meadow sedge of the California mountains, forming a lumpy, lawn-like mat where it is happy.¹ It grows 0.3-0.6 m tall and 0.1-0.3 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹

Type

• Herb¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Ground cover¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.3-0.6
Diameter (m)	0.1-0.3

Footnotes

1. Carex sartwelliana, Yosemite Sedge | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩