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§1 Plant
Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey
vernacular Carey's 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
· 160 counties across 17 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 160 counties across 17 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Carroll 18015
- Dearborn 18029
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Wayne 18177
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACA14 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2728363 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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