Dichromena latifolia – White-topped Sedge (BTF.DR.EC.OP.RR)

Ecosystem Services:
(B)-Birds                                             (B&B)-Birds & Butterflies

(BTF)-Butterflies                             (BW)-Black Walnut Resistant

(DR)-Deer Resistant                      (DRGHT)-Drought Resistant

(EC)-Erosion Control                    (EVR)-Evergreen

(FC)-Fall Color                                 (FRG)-Fragrant

(GRD)-Groundcover                      (H)-Host plant

(HMR)-Hummingbirds                (M)-Mammals

(MTH)-Moths                                   (N)-Nectar

(NB)-Native Bees                            (NST)-Nesting Material

(OP)-Other pollinators                 (RR)-Rabbit Resistant

(SHWY)-Showy                                (SPC)-Specimen Plant

White Bracted Sedge is a native plant found in the coastal plains from NC south to FL and west to TX in wet, open areas, depressions, marshes and ditches. It is an unusual native sedge with white star-shaped blooms that sit above the grass-like foliage and is best used in large numbers to create a field of white flowers. It will bloom all throughout the summer and needs partial to full sun.

It requires moist, acidic, sandy or peaty soil and is best used in marshes, a rain garden, bogs or pond edges. It can also be grown in containers.