Crested Sedge

Carex cristatella Britton

Sedge family

Plant Type

Graminoid

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

3.0 feet

Spread

3.0 feet

Flower Color

Green

Bloom Time

Late Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Water

Water Use High

Drought Tolerance Low

Flood Tolerance High

Soil

Soil Types Clay, Loam

CaCO3 Tolerance Low

Fertility Need Medium

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance High

Salt Tolerance None

Climate

pH Range 4.9 – 6.8

Frost-Free Days 85 days

Precipitation 32 – 55 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Host Elachista madarella

Fall Color No

Evergreen No

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
CAN: Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.