Species & Ecotypes

Below you will find our species chart for sedges & forbs.

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GRASSES
FORBS

Spring 2011
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KEY
Availability
A: Available
UA: Usually Available
AC: Available on Contract
L: Limited Availability
PO: Plugs Only		 Moisture
D: Drought tolerant / Tolerates very dry soils
OD: Drought tolerant and obligate summer dormant (does not tolerate watering in summer)
M: Likes more moist conditions
W: Likes wet conditions
FT: Flood Tolerant		 Light Tolerance
SU: Full sun
PS: Part shade
SH: Full shade
SEDGES & RUSHES
Scientific Name Common Name Ecotypes Available Picture Avail Usually
Avail as Plugs		 Avg Live Seeds/LB (not ecotypes) Soil Tolerances Moisture Light Tolerance
Carex barbarae White root sedge/Santa Barbara Sedge Yolo County: Yolo Bypass   A x 250,000   M/W SU, PS, FS
Carex nudata Torrent sedge Solano County: Yolo County   PO x     W  
Carex praegracilis Slender sedge Colusa County: Bear Valley
Marin County: Tiburon
Yolo County: Yolo Bypass		   PO
L
A		 x

x		 464,000 Variable soil texture, tolerates flooding D/M/W  
Carex pansa Pacific dune sedge Monterey County: Asilomar
   PO x     D/M  
Carex vulpinoidea Fox sedge Colusa County   PO x   Clay is best but also sandy, loamy M/W SU, PS
Eleocharis macrostachya Spike rush Yolo County: Yolo Bypass   PO x   Clay M/W SU
Juncus balticus Baltic rush Yolo County: various areas   PO x   Variable, standing water to good drainage. Tolerates acidc, saline and alkaline. W/M SU, PS
Juncus bufonius Toad rush Yolo County: North of Winters   A x   Saline, standing water OK W SU
Juncus effusus Common rush Placer County   PO x
   Variable M/W SU
Juncus patens Grey rush Yolo County: Cache Creek Watershed
Contra Costa County: Martinez Marsh		   PO
PO		 x     M/W  
Juncus xiphioides Iris leaf rush Yolo County: Foothills
   PO x     W