Carex pensylvanica
Growing Information
• Plant Type: Perennial
• Sunlight: Sun to shade
• Soils: Average, dry
• Bloom Time: Non-flowering
• Size: 6-12 inches in height; 12-18 inch spread
Plant fine-textured Pennsylvania Sedge as a shade ground cover, border, or underplanting for shade perennials – grows in containers. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant.
Garden Companions
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum), Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium), Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadense), White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata), Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.), Huckleberry (Gaylussacia spp.)
Nature Benefits
• Forage and habitat for butterfly larvae, birds, and small mammals.
• Used by ducks for nesting material and some cover.
Native Habitat
Occurs in grasslands, woodlands, forests.