Carex sylvatica - Wood sedge

Wood sedge (Carex sylvatica) is a clump-forming perennial sedge native to Europe and temperate Asia, east to Iran, growing in deciduous woodlands on heavy soils and used as a shade-tolerant ground cover.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹
• Wet soil¹

Outputs

• Fibre¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Ground cover¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Footnotes

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