Index / Search / Carex cephalophora
§1 Plant
Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.
vernacular oval-leaf 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
· 967 counties across 36 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- 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
- Low
- 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 967 counties across 36 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Crawford 05033
- Cross 05037
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lonoke 05085
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
California view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 87 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Spencer 21215
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beauregard 22011
- Bossier 22015
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Washington 22117
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
Maryland view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Allegany 24001
- Anne Arundel 24003
- Baltimore 24005
- Baltimore (city) 24510
- Calvert 24009
- Caroline 24011
- Carroll 24013
- Cecil 24015
- Charles 24017
- Dorchester 24019
- Frederick 24021
- Garrett 24023
- Harford 24025
- Howard 24027
- Kent 24029
- Montgomery 24031
- Prince George's 24033
- Queen Anne's 24035
- St. Mary's 24037
- Talbot 24041
- Washington 24043
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Clinton 26037
- Eaton 26045
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ottawa 26139
- Saginaw 26145
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Warren 29219
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Buncombe 37021
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Jackson 37099
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Mercer 39107
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morrow 39117
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Ross 39141
- Seneca 39147
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cheatham 47021
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
Texas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- McDowell 54047
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tyler 54095
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2724783 ↗Record version
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