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Oak Sedge, Carex pensylvanica
Oak Sedge is a delicate-looking, soft-flowing sedge that can be grown as a modern and stylish- looking sedge lawn. It is a perfect groundcover, filling in empty spots in a woodland garden. Oak sedge spreads slowly by rhizomes but is not aggressive. It brightens up shady areas with its light green foliage, and the white flower spikes blooming in May create a unique sight.
Ecology:
Oak sedge provides soft landings for caterpillars dropping from their host tree. It also keeps the soil covered, cool, and moist, and birds feed on the seeds.
Growing conditions:
Found in mixed forests, often in oak forests, it prefers drier soils and partial shade. It requires well-drained soils and doesn't do well in heavy, compacted clay. In the garden, it is a tough plant that can grow in sun to full shade, in average to dry soil.
Oak Sedge
30 cm host plant for skippers groundcover sun to shade shelter for insects lawn alternative sand, loam soft landings jugelone tolerant dry to medium soil bird seed cool-season plant .
Garden symphony:
Oak sedge looks best intermingled with other woodland plants like wild blue phlox, red baneberry, wild geranium, wild strawberry, wild columbine, white woodland aster, big leaf aster.....
Or it can be grown as a sedge lawn, planted one foot apart.