General Description
Bloom Description: June-July, green inflorescence.
Growth Habit & Shape: Clumping.
Soil Preferences: Average to moist, well-drained. Sandy to loamy.
Root Description: Fibrous.
Garden Uses: Shade gardens, shaded woodlands, forest edges, and part-shade borders.
Best Management & Maintenance:
Common Problems: None.
Benefits
Ornamental Value: Fine texture looks nice in large swaths or as a gap filler in bed.
Wildlife Benefits: Sedges in general host a variety of species of insects. Some birds, like the Eastern towhee, will eat the seeds.
Other Practical/Environmental Benefits: Deer resistant.
Use in place of:
Ecology
Habitat:
In New England Carex swanii is typically found in dry upland woods, woodland edges, meadows, and rock outcrops. They an open canopy.
Response to Disturbance: Does not do well in drought conditions.
Native State Distributions:
Canada: N.B., N.S., Ont., Que
USA: AR , CT , DC , DE , GA , IL , IN , KY , MA , MD , ME , MI , MO , MS , NC , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV
Wetland indicator status: FACU
Companion Plants:
Eurybia divaricata (White wood aster), Gaultheria procumbens (Wintergreen), Phlox stolonifera (Creeping woodland phlox), Solidago bicolor (White goldenrod), Solidago caesia (Blue-stemmed goldenrod).
References
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