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awlfruit sedge
Carex stipata var. stipata
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.0 ft. to 3.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 5.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Grass/Grass Like
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Aquatic Invertebrates, Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Moderate, High
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains, Riparian, Wet Meadow, Wetlands
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Flower Color
- Brown Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Wetland Plant
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
4, 5 - Soil Type
- Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This plant has low salinity tolerance and moderate acidity tolerance. Flora of North America recognizes two varieties of C. stipata, both native to the U.S. This variety is native to the Fort Collins area and most of the U.S. Carex spitata var. maxima is native to the eastern portion of the U.S. The two varieties vary slightly in appearance, primarily in the width of their leaves and the size of their fruit.
This is an important larval food host for many of our native invertebrates.