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§1 Plant
Carex gravida L.H. Bailey
vernacular heavy 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
· 474 counties across 27 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 474 counties across 27 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Pipestone 27117
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Traverse 27155
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Moniteau 29135
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Garfield 31071
- Gosper 31073
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Johnson 31097
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Phelps 31137
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Thayer 31169
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Billings 38007
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAGR4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726524 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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