Carex stricta
Upright Sedge · Uptight Sedge · Common Tussock Sedge
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
The plant
- Habit
- perennial or rhizomatous geophytePlants of the World Online
- Habit
- Perennial, GraminoidPLANTS Database
- Height
- 4.2 ft1.3 mPLANTS Database
- Flower
- GreenPLANTS Database
- Blooms
- SpringPLANTS Database
- Native range
- Canada, lower 48 statesPLANTS Database
Growing conditions
- Sun
- Shade tolerance: LowPLANTS Database
- Soil
- Adapted to coarse, medium, fine textured soilsPLANTS Database
- Soil pH
- 3.5-7.0PLANTS Database
- Moisture
- Moisture use: MediumPLANTS Database
- Watering
- Drought tolerance: LowPLANTS Database
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS.
Worth knowing
- Tussock sedge is one of the most common wetland sedges in eastern North America. As its leaves die they build up on and around the living plant, forming a tussock. Its seeds are eaten by birds such as juncos, cardinals, wild turkeys and ducks. Wikipedia: Carex stricta
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996Difficulty Low
Dry storage
Duration: 180 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C
Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light
about 6 months from start to sowing. Then 26 days to germinate.
100% germination in 16–26 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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