Tussock Sedge forms elevated hummocks in wet meadows and marshes that create unique microhabitats for other plants, invertebrates, and small mammals. It is a dominant plant of many northeastern and Great Lakes wetlands. Sedge wrens and swamp sparrows nest in its tussocks, and its seeds feed many marsh-dwelling birds.
Habitat
Marshes, wet meadows, and swampy areas across northern North America
Diet
Seeds eaten by marsh birds; tussocks provide nesting habitat for wrens and sparrows
How common
Common
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