Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also margins of ponds and lakes.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A major component of the southern Everglades marshes and other freshwater wetlands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Medium emergent herbaceous sedge with narrow round stems.
Height:
	Emergent 1-3 feet in height. Spreading from underground stems (rhizomes) and forming large patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to fast.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to Big Pine Key and the lower Keys.
Habitats:
	Freshwater and brackish marshes.
Soils:
	Wet, inundated freshwater or brackish soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate to low; it prefers soils with organic content, but will still grow reasonably well in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Brown inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed or divisions.
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