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§1 Plant
Carex leptopoda Mack.
vernacular taperfruit shortscale sedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Carex
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 82 counties across 7 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 82 counties across 7 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Tillamook 41057
- Union 41061
- Wheeler 41069
- Yamhill 41071
Washington view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Clallam 53009
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Ferry 53019
- Garfield 53023
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Whatcom 53073
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CALE24 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2728578 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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