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§1 Plant
Carex leavenworthii Dewey
vernacular Leavenworth'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
· 485 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 485 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
California view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Wayne 17191
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Benton 18007
- Boone 18011
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Floyd 18043
- Gibson 18051
- Hancock 18059
- Henry 18065
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Orange 18117
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Boyle 21021
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Hart 21099
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Clay 47027
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Lake 47095
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
Texas view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Collin 48085
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Fannin 48147
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Hopkins 48223
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Kaufman 48257
- Lavaca 48285
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Limestone 48293
- Madison 48313
- Matagorda 48321
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- Polk 48373
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Smith 48423
- Travis 48453
- Upshur 48459
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Wharton 48481
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Brunswick 51025
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CALE6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725211 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T20:46:58Z