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§1 Plant
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.
vernacular shortbeak 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 792 counties across 38 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 792 counties across 38 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 78 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Benton 18007
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Hancock 18059
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Starke 18149
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Audubon 19009
- Carroll 19027
- Cherokee 19035
- Crawford 19047
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Polk 19153
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Union 19175
- Washington 19183
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Kingman 20095
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rock 27133
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Worth 29227
Montana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Arthur 31005
- Blaine 31009
- Boone 31011
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dakota 31043
- Dawes 31045
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Gosper 31073
- Grant 31075
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- Madison 31119
- McPherson 31117
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Perkins 31135
- Phelps 31137
- Pierce 31139
- Platte 31141
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Wayne 31179
- Webster 31181
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Nassau 36059
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Cass 38017
- Divide 38023
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Stutsman 38093
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Butte 46019
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Dewey 46041
- Gregory 46053
- Hand 46059
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hutchinson 46067
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- Meade 46093
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Roberts 46109
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Union 46127
- Ziebach 46137
Tennessee view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Delta 48119
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Galveston 48167
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Hemphill 48211
- Hopkins 48223
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Navarro 48349
- Robertson 48395
- San Jacinto 48407
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Wood 48499
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 5 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Barron 55005
- Brown 55009
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Marinette 55075
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Pierce 55093
- Portage 55097
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CABR10 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2722447 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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