Scientific Name:	Carex berggrenii
Pronunciation:	KAIR-ecks burg-GRINN-ee-eye
Common Name:	dwarf bronze creeping sedge
Family Name:	Cyperaceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen, Poales (grass-like)
Key ID Features:	Low-growing tufted clump; leaves evergreen, coppery-bronze.
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Arching, Upright Form: Mounded Texture: Fine Mature Size: Height: 0.1 - 0.2m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Australia / New Zealand Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Wetlands Landscape Uses: Alpine, Aquatic - ponds, Container planting, Ground cover, Hanging basket, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Rock garden Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Grass-like, Simple Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Surfaces: Colour in Summer: Green, Red Colour in Fall: Green, Red, Brown Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Obtuse Margins: Entire, Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Spikelet Flower Morphology: Colour (petals): Not showy, Brown Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Jun

Fruit Type: Achene Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Jul, Aug

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : not used Location Map

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