§1 Plant
Carex grayi Carey
vernacular Gray's 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
· 551 counties across 29 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.7–7.2
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 551 counties across 29 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Ohio 18115
- Owen 18119
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Bracken 21023
- Breckinridge 21027
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Christian 21047
- Clay 21051
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
Maryland view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Clinton 26037
- Eaton 26045
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Macomb 26099
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Oakland 26125
- Osceola 26133
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scotland 29199
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Brown 39015
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Montgomery 39113
- Morrow 39117
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Clearfield 42033
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Davidson 47037
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Amelia 51007
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Loudoun 51107
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Northampton 51131
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rockbridge 51163
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Buffalo 55011
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Marinette 55075
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAGR5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726360 ↗Record version
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