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beaked sedge
Carex utriculata
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.0 ft. to 4.0 ft.
Spread: 1.0 ft. to 4.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Grass/Grass Like
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Aquatic Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Moderate, High
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Riparian, Subalpine, Wet Meadow, Wetlands
- Season of Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Brown Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Spreads Underground
- 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 is an important larval food host for many of our native invertebrates.
This plant has low tolerance to saline and acidic conditions.