Variable Sedge (Carex striata)

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Slow Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color Green Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Dark Green Foliage Porosity Summer Dense Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Rhizomatous Growth Rate Slow Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 2.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance Low CaCO3 Tolerance Low Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance Medium Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance High Frost Free Days, Minimum 85 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use Low pH, Minimum 4.8 pH, Maximum 6.8 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 2700 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 4800 Precipitation, Minimum 36 Precipitation, Maximum 55 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 10 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Tolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -33 Reproduction Bloom Period Late Spring Commercial Availability No Known Source Fruit/Seed Abundance Low Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Summer Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root Yes Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container No Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs Yes Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Low Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate Rapid Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Low Palatable Graze Animal Low Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Low Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No