Shortbeak Sedge
Carex breviorShortbeak Sedge is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 1–4 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms brown, green and white in spring and summer. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for birds, grasshoppers and small mammals.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer · brown, green, white
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, rocky, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports birds, browsing mammals, grasshoppers and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
12 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.