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Oak Sedge, Carex pensylvanica
Oak Sedge is a soft-flowing sedge that can be grown as a modern, 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 shady areas with its light-green foliage. The white flower spikes that bloom 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 partial sun to full shade, in average to dry soil.
Oak Sedge, Carex pensylvanica
30 cm host plant for skippers groundcover part sun to shade shelter for insects lawn alternative sand, loam soft landings juglone-tolerant dry to medium soil bird seed cool-season sedge .
Garden symphony:
Oak sedge looks best intermingled with other woodland plants such as wild blue phlox, red baneberry, wild geranium, wild strawberry, wild columbine, white woodland aster, and big leaf aster. Oak sedge can be used as a matrix plant.
It can also be grown as a sedge lawn.