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Carex muskingumensis (Palm branch sedge)

Other names: Palm sedge, Palm leaf sedge, Umbrella flat sedge

C. muskingumensis is a spreading, loosely tufted, deciduous perennial with narrow, bright green leaves borne on erect stems and spikes of golden-brown flowers in mid- to late spring.
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0.45m max. spread

0.75m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex grayi (Mace sedge)

Other names: Gray sedge, Gray's sedge, Common bur sedge, Morning star sedge

C. grayi is a dense, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial grass with upright, linear, dark green leaves and mid-green flower spikes in summer followed by star-shaped, pale green seed heads.
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0.6m max. spread

0.75m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex comans (Bronze New Zealand hair sedge)

C. comans bronze forms a dense tuft of narrow, linear, reddish-brown leaves, with inconspicuous brown flower spikes.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex divulsa (Grey sedge)

Other names: Gray sedge, European meadow sedge, Berkeley sedge, Carex tumulicola misapplied

C. divulsa is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with linear, arching, dark green leaves and inconspicuous, pale yellow to pale brown flower spikelets in spring.
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0.75m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex pansa (California meadow sedge)

Other names: California field sedge, Carex praegracilis misapplied, Pacific dune sedge

C. pansa is a tender, rhizomatous, evergreen perennial forming spreading clumps of linear, upright to arching, dark green leaves and tiny, inconspicuous, rounded, yellow-green flower spikelets in spring.
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0.9m max. spread

0.2m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex digitalis (Slender woodland sedge )

Other names: Narrow-leaved wood sedge , Slender wood sage

C. digitalis is clump-forming, deciduous perennial with flat, linear, upright to arching, mid-green leaves and, in summer, erect stems bearing cream flower spikelets followed by green fruit ripening brown.
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0.5m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge )

Other names: Oak sedge

C. pensylvanica is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with arching, linear, mid-green leaves and slender, dark purple flower spikelets in late spring.
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0.45m max. spread

0.25m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex flacca (Blue sedge)

Other names: Glacous sedge, Blue green sedge, Carnation grass, Flabby sedge, Carex glauca

C. flacca is a compact, dense, clump-forming, rhizomatous, evergreen perennial with linear, arching, blue-green leaves and cylindrical spikes of insignificant, greenish-white flowers in summer.
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0.45m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex trifida (Tataki grass)

Other names: Mutton bird sedge

C. trifida is a tufted, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with grass-like, keeled, linear, arching, sometimes bronze-flushed, mid- to dark green leaves and dense clusters of brown flower spikelets in summer.
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0.6m max. spread

0.9m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex rosea (Rosy sedge )

Other names: Curly wood sedge, Curly-styled wood sedge, Carex concoluta, Carex flaccidula, Gold star sedge, Curly-style star sedge, Stellate sedge, Star sedge

C. rosea is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with arching, linear, dark green leaves and widely-spaced, green flower spikelets in late spring and early summer.
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0.3m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity