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§1 Plant
Carex nebrascensis Dewey
vernacular Nebraska 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
· 239 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 14–32 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.7–7.4
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3 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
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 239 counties across 18 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
California view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alpine 06003
- Butte 06007
- Contra Costa 06013
- El Dorado 06017
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Sonoma 06097
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
Colorado view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Clear Creek 08019
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Grand 08049
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Larimer 08069
- Lincoln 08073
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Routt 08107
- San Juan 08111
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Fremont 16043
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Lemhi 16059
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Valley 16085
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Carbon 30009
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Park 30067
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
Nebraska view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dundy 31057
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Hayes 31085
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Sarpy 31153
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Webster 31181
Nevada view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Albany 56001
- Big Horn 56003
- Campbell 56005
- Carbon 56007
- Converse 56009
- Crook 56011
- Fremont 56013
- Goshen 56015
- Hot Springs 56017
- Johnson 56019
- Laramie 56021
- Lincoln 56023
- Natrona 56025
- Niobrara 56027
- Park 56029
- Platte 56031
- Sheridan 56033
- Sublette 56035
- Sweetwater 56037
- Teton 56039
- Uinta 56041
- Washakie 56043
- Weston 56045
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CANE2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6417561 ↗Record version
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