Livid Sedge

Description

Active Growth Period Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Moderate Bloat None C:N Ratio Medium Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color Green Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Moderate Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Fine Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Rhizomatous Growth Rate Moderate Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 1.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Short Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils No Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils No Anaerobic Tolerance Medium CaCO3 Tolerance Medium Cold Stratification Required Yes Drought Tolerance Low Fertility Requirement High Fire Tolerance Frost Free Days, Minimum 120 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use pH, Minimum 5.0 pH, Maximum 6.5 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 5120 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 20000 Precipitation, Minimum 15 Precipitation, Maximum 45 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 12 Salinity Tolerance Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -62 Reproduction Bloom Period Early Summer Commercial Availability Fruit/Seed Abundance Medium Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Summer Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root No Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container No Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod Yes Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 823186 Seed Spread Rate Moderate Seedling Vigor High Small Grain Yes Vegetative Spread Rate Moderate Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Palatable Graze Animal Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No