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§1 Plant
Carex retroflexa Muhl. ex Willd.
vernacular reflexed 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
· 481 counties across 30 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 481 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Boone 05009
- Chicot 05017
- Cleveland 05025
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cumberland 17035
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Gallatin 17059
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Johnson 17087
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Breckinridge 21027
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Christian 21047
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Hart 21099
- Hickman 21105
- Jessamine 21113
- Lee 21129
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Robertson 21201
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Pike 42103
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wyoming 42131
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
Texas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Cameron 48061
- Comanche 48093
- Coryell 48099
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Fannin 48147
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Gonzales 48177
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Kaufman 48257
- Leon 48289
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Parker 48367
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- Smith 48423
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Wood 48499
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Caroline 51033
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CARE9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725281 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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