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§1 Plant
Carex glaucescens Elliott
vernacular southern waxy 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 244 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 242 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–8
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 4.9 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 244 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Crisp 13081
- Dade 13083
- Dooly 13093
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Grady 13131
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Pulaski 13235
- Screven 13251
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Tift 13277
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Wheeler 13309
Louisiana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAGL5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725264 ↗Record version
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