CAREX stricta

Carex stricta, 20-28". Dense tussocks raised above water surfaces, accumulating old leaves around the base(this is part of the effect that IS actually attractive and unique to this sedge). Spreads by underground rhizomes to form new tussocks sometimes creating large stands. Can be grown away from water if the soil remains moist. A wetland sedge. Moist to standing water. Purposeful in mass uses in and along bog areas. NATIVE to swales, marshes, and creeksides along north-eastern United States. Very hardy zone4 "Tussock Sedge"