Carex blanda (Common Wood Sedge) Cut Bank - Toe of Slope Photo 2 By: By Sesamehoneytart

Photo 2 By: By Sesamehoneytart (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4

Flower Color White/Cream

If you are a farmer or other wholesale entity

Aronia melancarpa (Black Chokeberry) is an excellent smaller native shrub in smaller or larger landscapes (short native shrubs are not in large supply :)  It has a smaller more pleasing shape than its red relative for landscaping

Photo By: Julia Kruse

Carex blanda (Common Wood Sedge) Cut Bank - Toe of Slope Photo 2 By: By SesamehoneytartCarex blanda (Common Wood Sedge) is a cool season short sedge that will sprawl if left to its own devices. With competition, it forms polite clumps, without competition use it's agressive nature to fill in bare areas quickly. Very commonly found in savannas and woodlands in wet mesic to dry mesic soils, it will tolerate prairie sun as it is an understory plant to larger species. Stocky seedheads form in spring atop winged stems. An important food