Family:
Cyperaceae
Common Name(s):
Davis' sedge
Flowering Time:
April - early May
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Perigynia turn rusty golden brown
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Mid to late June
Seed Cleaning:
None required
Storage:
Dry
Restoration Potential:
Low
Notes
Experimental seed addition in a small field study failed to produce seedlings (Brudvig et al. 2011).
Germinating some sedge species can be complex, and may involve removing the perigynia (bladder like sac that adhers to the hard pericarp of the achene), after-ripening (dry storage), followed by cold stratification, and exposure to light (McGinnis and Meyer 2011).
Has low seed production and vegetative spread (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991); rhizome slender (Mohlenbrock 1999).
