Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also margins of ponds and lakes.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida.
Description:
	Medium to large emergent herbaceous sedge with narrow rounded stems.
Height:
	Emergent 2-4 feet in height. Spreading from underground stems (rhizomes) and forming large patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to fast.
Range:
	Texas, Georgia and Florida south to the Monroe County mainland; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Habitats:
	Freshwater marshes.
Soils:
	Wet, inundated freshwater soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate to low; it prefers soils with organic content, but will still grow reasonably well in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Brown inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed or divisions.
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