Carex praegracilis is a short, rich green sedge that can be used as an alternative to turf grass, or as an accent plant. Flowers are noticeable but not showy. Similar to carex pansa but if left uncut or eaten, will grow up to 18.
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Background grass, lawn substitute, ground cover, between stepping stones.
Full sun, part shade, shade.
Slender flowers emerge in the spring just above the foliage, at first creamy white but maturing to golden tan. Carex praegracilis (blackcreeper sedge) cool season, native perennial grasslike with aggressive black rhizomes. Occurs in seasonally moist wetland areas and prairies, from low elevations up to 10,000 ft. Carex praegracilis is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade.
Adapted to fine, medium and coarse alkaline and serpentine soils.
Highly palatable to livestock and wildlife and tolerant of grazing and trampling. It grows in wet and seasonally wet environments in a. Similar to carex pansa but growing taller. This texas native is another excellent lawnlike sedge.
A good plant as a solid ground cover, between and around stepping stones or mixed with other bulbs, perennials and grasses to create a natural.
Foliage is coppery dark green, blushes bronze in cold snaps. They also tolerate various types of soil conditions and temperatures, from coastal. Carex praegracilis western meadow sedge a close cousin of the popular carex pansa. This plant functions as an ornamental grass and is quite often used as a lawn substitute.
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It is increasing in popularity as a lawn substitute because it can mowed to about 2 inches tall, however if left to grow in its natural state it creates a verdant. Carex praegracilis is a species in the cyperaceae (sedge) family known by the common names clustered field sedge and expressway sedge. Carex praegracilis's flower color is na. Clustered field sedge uses half the water that a more traditional lawn does, it doesn’t need fertilizer, and has no pest problems.
Found in nature up & down state of california.
Praegracilis develops a brown look to it in the summer (but typically not as much as carex pansa). Carex pansa among the most popular sedges for creating an alternative lawn, carex pansa makes more of a wild meadow, looking best unmowed with water twice per month (but a trimming with weed whacker twice or thrice per year can keep it thicker and more tidy). Tolerates a wide variety of soils from sand to clay. Hot aspects, oregon coast, western native.
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It is native across most of north america, including much of california where it shows high adaptability to many soil types, moisture and temperature conditions. Foliage is slightly narrower than carex pansa. Our ongoing series, sedges make sense, continues with carex that work as alternatives to turf grass lawns. They offer a grasslike ground cover that is beautiful, adaptive, and easier to maintain.
Communities for carex praegracilis:creosote bush scrub, coastal sage scrub, coastal strand, red fir forest, valley grassland, mountain meadow, riparian (rivers & creeks), yellow pine forest and central oak woodland.
In a mowed lawn, this sedge looks best cut two to three times per year at 3 to 4 inches high. Carex perdentata texas hill country sedge carex pensylvanica (oak sedge) in the brooklyn botanic garden's water garden. It is native to much of north america, from alaska across southern canada and throughout the continental united states except for the southeastern region. Carex praegracilis's foliage color is silver and type is deciduous.
