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§1 Plant
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
vernacular water sedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Carex
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 458 counties across 33 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 15–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7.5
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 2.9 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 458 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Aleutians East 02013
- Aleutians West 02016
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Bristol Bay 02060
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Juneau 02110
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Ketchikan Gateway 02130
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Sitka 02220
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yakutat 02282
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Eagle 08037
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Morrison 27097
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Billings 38007
- Burke 38013
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- McHenry 38049
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Williams 38105
Oregon view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Marion 41047
- Multnomah 41051
- Tillamook 41057
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Cowlitz 53015
- Ferry 53019
- Grays Harbor 53027
- King 53033
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pend Oreille 53051
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Whatcom 53073
- Yakima 53077
Wisconsin view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAAQ ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2724150 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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