Common Name:

Gholson's sedge

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Carex gholsonii

Family:

Cyperaceae

Form:

grass

Size:

Approximately 1-2 ft tall in clumps. 

Life Span:

short-lived perennial

Flower Color:

green

Fruit Color:

green, turning light brown

Phenology:

blooms late spring-early summer

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Ground cover in  wet to moist areas.

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Unknown

Soil or Other Substrate:

Loam, Organic (muck), Lime Rock

Soil pH:

adaptable

Suitable to Grow In:

8A, 8B, 9A

Wildlife:

Native Habitats:

Seep swamps, swamp edges, wet mesic hammocks, floodplains, wet limestone glades, wet roadsides.

Natural Range in Florida:

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