Index / Search / Carex glaucodea
§1 Plant
Carex glaucodea Tuck. ex Olney
vernacular blue 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
· 313 counties across 20 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 313 counties across 20 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Montgomery 17135
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Leslie 21131
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Audrain 29007
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lewis 29111
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Moniteau 29135
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Tennessee view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Carter 47019
- Cumberland 47035
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hardeman 47069
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Marion 47115
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Robertson 47147
- Sumner 47165
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAGL6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725034 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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