Carex hystericina

Common name: Porcupine Sedge

Native plant

An interesting clumping sedge that has more landscape potential than most people expect. The culm bear dangling spikelets of bristly fruit that are very intersting even when viewed from a short distance. Great for ornamental use in rain gardens or wet pollinator gardens. In nature, look to find this beauty in moist prairies and other wet(ish) places in NE Illnois and in swales in wet areas in the Dunes.

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Price Level:

Perennial- Standard

Sizing Options:

Flat of 32 (plugs)

Flat of 18 (pints)

1 Gallon

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Plant Details

Plant type

Grasses, Sedges and Rushes

Soil type

Mesic (Not too Wet Not too Dry), Moist Mesic, Wet

Light exposure

Eastern Exposure / Morning Sun, Full Sun, Partial Sun / Part Shade

Bloom period

Spring

Urban environment

Uncompacted Urban Soils, Road-side/Salt Tolerant, Yards that Flood

Habitat

Floodplain, Moist Woods, Prairie Grasslands, Wetlands

Growth form

Shrubby/Clump, Colonizing / Spreading

Growth rate

Moderate

Flower color

N/A

Fall color

Yellow Green

Size

Mature height: 3 Feet
Mature width: 3 Feet
Max height: 3 Feet
Max width: 4 Feet

Additional information

Rain garden suited

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