Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Medium sedge with long, very narrow leaves.
Height:
	About 1-2 feet in height, to 3 feet when in flower. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and southern United States west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Habitats:
	Marshes, mostly along the coast.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, seasonally inundated brackish, or occassionally freshwater, soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
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 to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Brown inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
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