Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoideanative · Central Texas
Fox Sedge is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 3 ft tall. It wants full sun and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms green in spring. Good for birds.
Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- About 3 ft
- Bloom
- Spring · green
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
8 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.