In the wild, sedge grass often thrives along creek beds and riverbanks, and its thick, fibrous roots help hold the soil in place -- fighting erosion. A wet lawn mimics its native conditions ...

The Machiguenga, for example, use sedge roots to treat headaches, fevers, cramps, dysentery and wounds as well as to ease childbirth. Special sedge varieties are cultivated by Machiguenga women to ...

In an exclusive interview with House Digest, Lorin Nielsen explained, "As your sedge puts out rhizomes, it gradually widens to create a dense cover of root tissue that reduces competition from ...

DESCRIPTION: Golden sedge is a perennial herb that grows to be 39 inches or taller. It has yellowish-green, grass-like leaves, most of which are basal and may grow up to 11 inches in height; ...

North Carolina's golden sedge is specially adapted to inhabit an uncommon ecosystem on the Atlantic coastal plain boasting both open conditions and calcareous soil deposits — a tough ecological niche.