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Geyer's sedge
Carex geyeri
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. to 1.5 ft.
Spread: 1.5 ft. to 3.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Grass/Grass Like
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Flower Color
- Brown Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- No City Data
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Acidic/Low pH, Loam, Rocky, Sandy
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This sedge grows in drier conditions in upland areas.
This is an important larval food host for many of our native invertebrates.