§1 Plant
Carex meadii Dewey
vernacular Mead'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
· 390 counties across 29 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 390 counties across 29 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fulton 17057
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Houston 27055
- Jackson 27063
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Red Lake 27125
- Renville 27129
- Rock 27133
- Sherburne 27141
- Swift 27151
- Washington 27163
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Dakota 31043
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Gage 31067
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Jefferson 31095
- Johnson 31097
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Merrick 31121
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Polk 31143
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Seward 31159
- Sherman 31163
- Stanton 31167
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Pierce 55093
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAME2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2724882 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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