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§1 Plant
Carex shortiana Dewey
vernacular Short'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
· 334 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 145 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.7–6.9
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3 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 334 counties across 17 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- 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
- Washington 17189
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Orange 18117
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Boone 21015
- Bracken 21023
- Caldwell 21033
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- Montgomery 21173
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Woodford 21239
Maryland view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Henry 29083
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mercer 39107
- Montgomery 39113
- Morrow 39117
- Pickaway 39129
- Preble 39135
- Richland 39139
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CASH2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2729787 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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