Limestone Meadow Sedge

Carex granularis

native · Central Texas

Limestone Meadow Sedge is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 3 ft tall. It wants part shade to shade and high water, and handles clay soil. Blooms green in mid spring.

Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources

Type: Grass
Sun: Part shade to shade (2–4 hrs of direct sun)
Water: High
Height: About 3 ft
Bloom: Mid Spring · green
Foliage: Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil: Takes clay

Where it grows

1 occurrence record 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.