Carex pensylvanica
Use as ground cover or a border
 
•Blooms: early - middle
•Height: <1’
•Habitat: mesic to dry prairie
•Perennial
•Family: Graminoid
•Sun/Shade: dappled shade, part-day shade, to full-sun
•Pollinator service: Serves skipper butterflies, small native bees and bee mimics
 
NOTES:
Loved as a native groundcover and nature shade lawn. Ideal for sedge lawns.
Like other Graminoids, provides textural interest, as well as over-wintering bird habitat. Grasses-like species serve as important pupating habitat for many butterfly species.

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Wild strawberry, Spring beauty,