I’ve just gotten educated about carex and grasses. I was aware there were plants called sedges, but didn’t realize until a couple years ago how awesome these are.
I like to use carex to transplant into my rock/biomass compost mounds and to cover the ground in marginal areas. I'm going to experiment with using them in my agroecological garden. Im also growing cyperus and looking to use them when i take my garden semiaquatic. Im using the the carex-wild rye-forb mounds as berms when im done i will put a groundwater dam before them and they will turn into chinampa intakes. On the wet side of the dam there is prarie cordgrass(I hope it takes care of the Bermuda that survived my assault, the whole garden used to be pure Bermuda rhizome)and on the mound side there is rivercane. I will have to strike a careful balance to keep those from taking over everything in the future. Im looking to use carex and crushed rock to hold the microtopography together. And strategically manage the boss rhizomatous grasses i planted in my garden.
