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§1 Plant
Carex atherodes Spreng.
vernacular wheat 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
· 234 counties across 29 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.2
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 234 counties across 29 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
California view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Douglas 27041
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Traverse 27155
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 6 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bayfield 55007
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Florence 55037
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- St. Croix 55109
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
Wyoming view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAAT2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725914 ↗Record version
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