Index / Search / Carex canescens ssp. canescens
§1 Plant
Carex canescens L. ssp. canescens
vernacular silvery sedge — subspecies · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Carex
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
County-level range
· 158 counties across 16 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 158 counties across 16 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
California view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Jackson 08057
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Mesa 08077
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
Idaho view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Chelan 53007
- Cowlitz 53015
- Ferry 53019
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Whatcom 53073
- Yakima 53077
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACAC6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7227154 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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