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Carex tenuiculmis
Height: 1m;  Spread: 1.5m
Thin culm red sedge (Sedge & Rush-like)
Perhaps among the most handsome of carex. Forms a large tussock with fine red bronze foliage. Sun and moist soils.
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Carex tenuiculmis with red bromeliad in the background
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