Plantain Sedge - Carex plantaginea

Try replacing non-native hostas with this short, strappy grass-like, semi-evergreen sedge. In the winter rabbits will enjoy some of this great sedge which also feeds seeds to birds and native insects, including the caterpillars of the woodland butterfly, Satyrodes appalachia (Appalachian Brown) which feeds on its leaves. Soil Type: Clay/Loam/Sand Soil Conditions: Average-Dry Flower Color: N/A Flower Time: Cool Season Height: 1' Light: Part-Sun/Shade Features: Great on the edges of rain gardens,and as a front of the border ruffle or as a matrix for a garden in shadier areas of the yard. Credits: Info courtesy of IllinoisWildflowers.Info; Photo courtesy of Julia Bunn.