Name: Plains Oval Sedge
SKU: Carex brevior
Availability: InStock

Family	Cyperaceae
Container Size	HP
Growth Cycle	perennial
Maximum Height	< 2ft
Maximum Width	6"-1ft
Growth Rate	medium
Lighting Requirements	sun to light shade
Heliophily	7
Soil Moisture	moist/medium, dry, medium dry, occasionally dry, mesic, occasionally wet
Wetland Indicator	FAC
Soil Texture	clay loam, loam, loamy sand, mafic, poor soil, sand, sandy clay, sandy clay loam, sandy loam, shallow rocky, silt, silty clay, silty clay loam, silty loam
Soil pH	acidic-neutral, alkaline, neutral, neutral-alkaline
Maintenance	Hit Me With Your Best Shot
USDA Hardiness Zone	hardy to 3a
Ecoregion	35 South Central Plains, 36 Ouachita Mountains, 37 Arkansas Valley, 38 Boston Mountains, 39 Ozark Highlands, 40 Central Irregular Plains, 45 Piedmont, 47 Western Corn Belt Plains, 48 Lake Agassiz Plain, 49 Northern Minnesota Wetlands, 50 Northern Lakes and Forests, 51 North Central Hardwood Forests, 52 Driftless Area, 53 Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains, 54 Central Corn Belt Plains, 55 Eastern Corn Belt Plains, 56 Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains, 57 Huron/Erie Lake Plains, 58 Northeastern Highlands, 59 Northeastern Coastal Zone, 60 Northern Appalachian Plateau, 61 Erie/Ontario Drift And Lake Plains, 62 North Central Appalachians, 63 Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain, 64 Northern Piedmont, 65 Southeastern Plains, 66 Blue Ridge, 67 Ridge & Valley, 68 Southwestern Appalachians, 69 Central Appalachians, 70 Western Allegheny Plateau, 71 Interior Low Plateaus, 72 Interior River Valleys and Hills, 73 Mississippi Alluvial Plain, 74 Mississippi Valley Loess Plains, 82 Acadian Plains and Hills, 83 Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands, 84 Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens
Native Habitat	anthropogenic, bottomland thicket, bottomland woodland edge, riparian, sandy/rocky bluff, sandy/rocky slope, sandy/rocky woodland, sloped woodland edge, thicketed slope, upland meadow, upland thicket, upland woodland edge, wet meadow, wetland, woodland bottomland, woodland slope, woodland upland
NatureServe Global Rank	G5 – secure
NatureServe National Rank	N5 – secure in the US
NatureServe State Rank	S2 – imperiled in PA
Sociability Index	level 3 – small patches
Bloom Color	green, yellow
Bloom Time	JUN, JUL
Attracts	eastern box turtles, insects, songbirds, wildlife
Benefit To Habitat	bird food, caterpillar host, foundation/structure, nesting material, pollen, wildlife cover
Tolerates	deer tolerant, drought, ponding, poor soil, rabbits
Ornamental Features	texture, tidy habit
Ethnobotanical	none
Garden Theme	dry garden, woodland garden, wild garden, rock garden, children's garden, sensory garden, pollinator garden, cottage garden, formal garden
Suggested Use	borders, ground cover, hedge, hellstrip, lawn alternative, mass planting, naturalize, paths (walkable), septic field, slope/bank, small gardens, soft landing, walkway edges
Judgy Judy Factor	Never let anyone tell you that you can't do something.

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