Woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus

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About This Plant

Woolgrass is an aquatic sedge found in marshes, swamps, and steam or pond margins. It spreads via rhizomes and does well in both wet soils and standing water. It produces a fuzzy, copperish fruit that gives it its common name and adds winter appeal to a water garden.

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