Index / Search / Carex echinata ssp. echinata
§1 Plant
Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata
vernacular star sedge — subspecies · 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
- HI Hawaii Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 356 counties across 32 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 356 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 8 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Ontonagon 26131
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Freeborn 27047
- Hennepin 27053
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Rice 27131
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 18 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAECE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7070321 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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