Beaked Sedge

Carex rostrata Stokes

Sedge family

Plant Type

Graminoid

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

3.5 feet

Spread

3.0 feet

Flower Color

Brown

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 Medium

Fertility Need Medium

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance High

Salt Tolerance Low

Climate

pH Range 4.5 – 7.0

Frost-Free Days 80 days

Precipitation 10 – 40 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Larval Host (Butterfly); Wind

Larval Host Poanes viator viator, Satyrodes eurydice

Fall Color No

Evergreen No

Native Range

USA: Alaska, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Washington, Wisconsin
CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
DEN: Greenland

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (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.