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Summary

Physical Characteristics

Carex meyeriana is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.5 m (1ft 8in) by 0.5 m (1ft 8in) at a fast rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 9.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in full shade (deep woodland) semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist or wet soil.

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Synonyms

Carex asperula Turcz. Carex crassinervia Franch. Carex funicularis Franch. Carex putjatini Kom.

Plant Habitats

Edible Uses

None Known

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Medicinal Uses

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None Known

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Other Uses

Biomass Straw

Carbon Farming Solutions - Industrial Crop: biomass (Crops grown for non-food uses. Industrial crops provide resources in three main categories: materials, chemicals, and energy. Traditional materials include lumber and thatch, paper and cardboard, and textiles) [1-1]. Carex species are popular in horticulture especially for shady positions. No information was found for Carex meyeriana but some Carex native species are used in wildland habitat restoration projects, natural landscaping, and in sustainable landscaping as drought-tolerant grass replacements for lawns and garden meadows. A food source for animals.

Special Uses

Carbon Farming Food Forest

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Cultivation details

Industrial Crop: Biomass Management: Hay Regional Crop

Climate: boreal to warm temperate. Humidity: aquatic. Carbon Farming Solutions - Cultivation: regional crop. Management: hay (Describes the non-destructive management systems that are used in cultivation) [1-1].

Carbon Farming

Industrial Crop: Biomass Three broad categories: bamboos, resprouting woody plants, and giant grasses. uses include: protein, materials (paper, building materials, fibers, biochar etc.), chemicals (biobased chemicals), energy - biofuels
Management: Hay Cut to the ground and harvested annually. Non-destructive management systems maintaining the soil organic carbon.
Regional Crop These crops have been domesticated and cultivated regionally but have not been adopted elsewhere and are typically not traded globally, Examples in this broad category include perennial cottons and many nuts and staple fruits.

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Plant Propagation

Propagation is by seed or division in spring.

Other Names

If available other names are mentioned here

Sedges, seg, wu la cao

Native Range

TEMPERATE ASIA: Russian Federation (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Yakutia-Sakha), Mongolia, Russian Federation (Amur), China (Heilongjiang Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Sichuan Sheng), Korea, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu)

Weed Potential

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None Known

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status : This taxon has not yet been assessed

Related Plants

Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Growth	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other
Carex acutiformis	Swamp Sedge, Lesser pond sedge	Perennial	0.8	0-0		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0
Carex aquatilis	Water sedge, Sitka sedge	Perennial	1.0	3-7		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0
Carex arenaria	Sand Sedge	Perennial	0.5	6-9	F	LM	SN	DM	2	2	2
Carex brizoides		Perennial	0.0	-		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0	1
Carex buxbaumii	Buxbaum's sedge	Perennial	0.6	0-0		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0	1
Carex dispalata		Perennial	0.0	-		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0	1
Carex disticha	Tworank sedge	Perennial	0.5	4-8		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0	1
Carex eburnea	Bristleleaf sedge	Perennial	0.3	2-8	S	LMH	FS	DM	0	0	3
Carex elata	Tufted Sedge, Golden Variegated Sedge, Tufted Sedge	Perennial	1.2	5-9	M	LMH	SN	MWe	2	0	3
Carex hachijoensis	Japanese sedge	Perennial	0.3	5-9	M	LMH	FS	M	0	0	3
Carex hirta	Hammer sedge	Perennial	0.5	5-9		LMH	SN	MWe	1	1	1
Carex kobomugi	Japanese sedge	Perennial	0.2	6-8		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0	2
Carex macrocephala	Largehead sedge	Perennial	0.2	0-0		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0
Carex morrowii	Iwashiba, Japanese Sedge	Perennial	0.6	5-9	F	LMH	FSN	M	0	0	4
Carex nebrascensis	Nebraska sedge	Perennial	0.5	0-0		LMH	SN	M	0	0
Carex nubigena		Perennial	0.0	-		LMH	SN	MWe	1	1
Carex paniculata		Perennial	1.5	6-9		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0	1
Carex pensylvanica	Pennsylvania sedge	Perennial	0.3	4-8	M	LMH	FSN	DM	0	0	3
Carex riparia	Great Pond Sedge	Perennial	1.5	5-9	F	LMH	SN	MWe	1	0	1
Carex rostrata	Beaded Sedge, Beaked sedge	Perennial	1.0	0-0		LMH	SN	MWe	1	0	1
Carex sylvatica	Wood sedge	Perennial	0.6	3-8	F	MH	SN	MWe	0	0	3
Carex utriculata	Sedge, Northwest territory sedge	Perennial	1.2	0-0		LMH	SN	WeWa	2	0

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

Carex meyeriana - Kunth