Round Fruit Sedge

Carried by 3 nurseries

Estimated plant range Estimated plant range

Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Plant description

Round Fruit Sedge (Carex globosa) is a native grass that grows in northern, southern and central California. It tends to grow in well drained soils in wooded places, at elevations from 0-4300 feet.

Plant overview

Plant type

Grass

Size

1 ft Tall

Color

Brown

Special uses

Containers, Deer resistant

Landscaping information

Sun

Deep Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Sunset Zones

4, 5, 6, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*

Natural setting

Site type

Welldrained soils in wooded places

Plant communities

Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, Forest, Southern Oak Woodland

Wildlife supported

Bees

Butterflies

See all

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 8 likely

Likely
Confirmed

Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus insularis

Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee

Bombus mixtus

Western Bumble Bee

Bombus occidentalis

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Bombus vosnesenskii

Alternative names

Common names:

Round-fruit Sedge, Round-fruited Sedge, Roundfruit Sedge

Sources

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