White-tinged Sedge is a low-growing, clump-forming sedge of dry to moist upland forests across eastern North America. Growing 6–18 inches tall with narrow, soft leaves, it is one of many woodland sedges forming groundcover layers in deciduous forests. The small spikes bear white-tinged scales that give the plant its name. White-tinged Sedge is part of a complex of very similar species often used collectively as groundcovers in shaded native garden designs.
Habitat
Found in dry to moist upland forests and rocky woodland slopes across eastern North America.
Diet
Seeds consumed by ground-foraging birds; provides dense ground cover in woodland settings.
How common
Common
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