| Plant Habit: | Grass/Grass-like |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Partial Shade to Full Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Plant Height: | 2 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 1 foot |
| Fruit: | Showy Other: Ornamental hanging seed heads |
| Fruiting Time: | Late spring or early summer |
| Flowers: | Other: flowers are small and combined into spikes |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Uses: | Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Birds |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds Other info: Do not allow seed to dry out. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |
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