{"id":4635,"date":"2023-01-07T09:37:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T09:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/?post_type=product&#038;p=4635"},"modified":"2023-12-27T23:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T23:31:53","slug":"carex-mertensii","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/product\/carex-mertensii\/","title":{"rendered":"Carex mertensii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Habit:<\/strong>\u00a0this beautiful sedge forms large clumps of rough, triangular stems, which can reach up to 3 feet tall. Mertens\u2019 sedge grows from a stout rhizome. Its stem leaves are well developed, shorter than the stems and about half-inch wide; basal leaves are reduced to scales. The inflorescence is a colorful branched spike, featuring both female and male flowers, which are tucked into dark brown scales and light brown, sac-like bracts (perigynia). The spikes are dense, large and cylindrical; usually nodding at the tips of slender stems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ecology:<\/strong>\u00a0Mertens\u2019 sedge grows in moist forest openings, wet meadows, stream-banks, roadsides and other disturbed areas. It is found at low to sub-alpine elevations, from Alaska and British Columbia to northern California, and eastward into Montana and Idaho.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growing conditions:<\/strong>\u00a0full sun to part shade and rather moist soils. Although growing from rhizomes, this sedge typically does not spread much, and will stay contained to a single spot. This is an ideal choice for the edges of a pond or stream, or for a wet spot in the garden.<\/p>\n<p>This species was named after Carl Heinrich Mertens, the first European botanist to collect plants from Sitka, Alaska. He was aboard the\u00a0<em>Senjavin<\/em>, a Russian vessel under captain Fedor Lutke sent to explore Alaska. 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