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Physical Characteristics

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Plant Habitats

Edible Uses

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Medicinal Uses

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Other Uses

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Cultivation details

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Plant Propagation

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Search over 900 plants ideal for food forests and permaculture gardens. Filter to search native plants to your area. The plants selected are the plants in our book 'Plants For Your Food Forest: 500 Plants for Temperate Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens, as well as plants chosen for our forthcoming related books for Tropical/Hot Wet Climates and Mediterranean/Hot Dry Climates. Native Plant Search

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Weed Potential

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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 meyeriana	Sedge, Wu la cao	Perennial	0.5	9-12	F	LMH	FSN	MWe	0	0	4
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.