Index / Search / Carex muehlenbergii
§1 Plant
Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd.
vernacular Muhlenberg'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
· 739 counties across 35 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 739 counties across 35 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Carroll 05015
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Independence 05063
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Sevier 05133
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Harrison 18061
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Steuben 18151
- Union 18161
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Kansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Larue 21123
- Lee 21129
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- St. Charles 22089
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Allegany 24001
- Anne Arundel 24003
- Baltimore 24005
- Baltimore (city) 24510
- Calvert 24009
- Caroline 24011
- Carroll 24013
- Cecil 24015
- Charles 24017
- Dorchester 24019
- Frederick 24021
- Howard 24027
- Kent 24029
- Montgomery 24031
- Prince George's 24033
- Queen Anne's 24035
- St. Mary's 24037
- Talbot 24041
- Washington 24043
- Wicomico 24045
- Worcester 24047
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clinton 26037
- Genesee 26049
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Mecosta 26107
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 77 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Greene 29077
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Fulton 36035
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Bertie 37015
- Cabarrus 37025
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Madison 37115
- Mitchell 37121
- New Hanover 37129
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Warren 37185
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Hamilton 47065
- Hawkins 47073
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Rutherford 47149
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Chambers 48071
- Cooke 48097
- Dallas 48113
- DeWitt 48123
- Erath 48143
- Freestone 48161
- Frio 48163
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Hamilton 48193
- Hardin 48199
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Kerr 48265
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Llano 48299
- Mason 48319
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Montague 48337
- Morris 48343
- Nolan 48353
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- San Patricio 48409
- Shelby 48419
- Tarrant 48439
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Upshur 48459
- Washington 48477
- Wise 48497
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAMU4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2729118 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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