SKU: GC00700

Carex pensylvanica - Pennsylvania Sedge or Yellow Sedge is a native, low-growing grasslike perennial. It reproduces vegetatively, meaning with underground rhizomes and is turf-forming with green, arching leaves. Yellow sedge makes a good groundcover in Oak, Pine, Sugar Maple, or Basswood forests. Its noninvasive, creeping foliage forms dense mats of medium green, fine-textured foliage growing 6 to 8 inches unmowed.

Height: 6-12"
Spread: mat-forming groundcover
Zone: 3 to 9
Soil type: Well-drained, acidic but rich, sandy, rocky, and loamy soils under hardwood forest canopies, forest edges, savannas, and in rocky or sandy openings
Soil pH: acidic
Light: Part shade
Moisture: Dry to medium
Flowers: White, Red, May-July
Fruit: Brown seed capsules
Fall color: Sandy-tan

Wildlife value: Provides cover for migratory waterfowl, nesting material, nesting habitat, cover, and dancing grounds for sharptail grouse and prairie chickens
Notes of Interest: Deer resistant. It is a cool season plant and completes its life cycle before summer drought. The leaves are apparently functional in summer, fall, and winter however, and it forms its shoots in late fall and early winter.

Distribution
USA: AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IL, IA, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI
Native Distribution: S. Que. to s. Ont., ND & MT, s. to GA, AR & WY
Native Habitat: Dry to moist woods