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§1 Plant
Carex garberi Fernald
vernacular elk 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 66 counties across 13 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 66 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
California view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Mackinac 26097
- Mason 26105
- Muskegon 26121
- Oceana 26127
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAGA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2727544 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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