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§1 Plant

Carex praegracilis W. Boott

vernacular clustered field sedge — species · Cyperaceae

USDA
CAPR5
GBIF
2726708
Rank
species
clustered field sedge (Carex praegracilis)
Platephotograph · Bruce NewhouseCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Carex
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 405 counties across 26 states/territories
Legend Native · 405 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
80 min.
Precipitation
10–24 in/yr
pH range
5.3–6.8
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
2 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
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
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Propagation
seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 405 counties across 26 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
California view state ↗ 44 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 36 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 29 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 41 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 38 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 19 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CAPR5 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2726708 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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