Article: PROTECTING YOUR TURF WITHOUT ACTUAL GRASS.(L.A. Life)

Article: A downpour of color: lush landscaping doesn't require loads of ...
Sierra;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... every chunk of the ecology. He recommends Pennsylvania sedge for the Midwest and Northeast; western meadow sedge and California meadow sedge for the West Coast; and Texas or catlin sedge for the South. You can enhance the drought-tolerance ...

Article: Fantasy in grass: a love affair with ornamental grasses ...
Sunset;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... should not be mowed. * European meadow sedge (Carex remota): sun or shade ... good in the desert; sun. * California meadow sedge (Carex pansa): creeping ... grass; sun or shade. * Valley meadow sedge (Carex praegracilis): creeping ...

Article: Leave of grass
Pacific Sun;  December 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... planting plugs of low-growing Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides), June grass (Koeleria macrantha) or California meadow sedge (Carex pansa) interspersed with flowering perennials and shrubs. And under a stand of redwood or pine trees ...

Article: The Record, Stockton, Calif., Michael Fitzgerald column: Suburban ...
Record (Stockton, CA);  June 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Cornflower Farms of Elk Grove, a wholesaler of native plants to contractors. Schmiedt recommends Carex pansa, California meadow sedge. "You can mow it; you don't have to mow it. You can water it; you don't have to water it," Schmiedt ...

Article: SEDGE WRENS APPEAR RARELY IN NW INDIANA
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... In 17 years, these counts have tallied only 32 sedge wrens. Dancey was also surprised the birds were nesting in a dry meadow. Sedge wrens are considered to be wetland birds and get their name from the sedge plant that grows in wet soil of the places they ...

Article: CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTORS RARE BIRDS
Post-Tribune (IN);  June 24, 1994 ;     546 words ... ... for the southwest meadow, has threatened the habitat of the other seven. Sedge wrens are rare because their habitat of meadow sedge areas is disappearing in Indiana. They nest later in the year than most species of meadow birds and at this time of year ...

Article: L.B. asks residents to slow the flow
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.;  June 13, 2007 ;     627 words ... ... the lawn and non-native plants were replaced with drought-resistant plants such as blue-eyed grass, coyote mint, meadow sedge and seaside daisy. "If we have normal rainfall, we won't have to water it at all," said tenant Nan Gladden. "If ...