Index / Search / Carex hyalinolepis
§1 Plant
Carex hyalinolepis Steud.
vernacular shoreline 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
· 312 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 34–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.6–7.9
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Gray-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
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- 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 312 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Monroe 17133
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
Indiana view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
Kansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Ascension 22005
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafourche 22057
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Vermilion 22113
- West Carroll 22123
Maryland view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Bates 29013
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Daviess 29061
- Dunklin 29069
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lafayette 29107
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Auglaize 39011
- Champaign 39021
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Henry 39069
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Marion 39101
- Mercer 39107
- Morrow 39117
- Pickaway 39129
- Putnam 39137
- Ross 39141
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Van Wert 39161
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAHY3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2727019 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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