Scirpus cyperinus

Description

Scirpus cyperinus, or Wool Grass, is a 3-5 foot wetland sedge for moist to wet soils. This includes shallow, permanent standing water in sun to part sun. Wool Grass has an attractive, soft, wooly, seed head in summer to fall that self-sows. The foliage of the sedge turns yellow-brown in fall and its red-brown inflorescences are attractive remain attractive into the winter. Wool Grass can be planted in the margins of ponds or streams, rain gardens, wetland restorations projects, and other moist low spots with erosion issues. The dense basal growth makes for great nesting sites and cover for wildlife.

Scirpus cyperinus is also commonly known as Cotton Bulrush and Brown Woolly Sedge.