GOLDEN SEDGE (Carex aurea)
This sedge has a feature that’s unique to all North American sedges – the round to egg-shaped fruits turn bright orange when ripe! Golden sedge prefers moist sandy, rocky or calcareous soil.
Grows with tufted hairgrass, prairie dropseed, alexanders, wild strawberry, many-flowered aster and golden ragwort.
Life Cycle: perennial
Sun Exposure: part shade – full sun
Bloom Period: June – July
Height: 4 – 12”
Soil: moist