Index / Search / Carex hirtifolia
§1 Plant
Carex hirtifolia Mack.
vernacular pubescent 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
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 460 counties across 23 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 460 counties across 23 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Boone 21015
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clinton 21053
- Floyd 21071
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Wayne 21231
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Cass 26027
- Genesee 26049
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Oakland 26125
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Daviess 29061
- Dent 29065
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Oregon 29149
- Perry 29157
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Saline 29195
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Sullivan 29211
- Wayne 29223
- Worth 29227
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
Ohio view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Auglaize 39011
- Butler 39017
- Champaign 39021
- Clinton 39027
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Medina 39103
- Morrow 39117
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAHI5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2723474 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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