§1 Plant
Carex arcta Boott
vernacular northern cluster 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 111 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 111 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
California view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Cowlitz 53015
- Ferry 53019
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAAR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2722696 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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