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§1 Plant
Carex sterilis Willd.
vernacular dioecious 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
· 156 counties across 15 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 156 counties across 15 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Huron 26063
- Ionia 26067
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Menominee 26109
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Carver 27019
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Koochiching 27071
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mahnomen 27087
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Chippewa 55017
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Florence 55037
- Green Lake 55047
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sheboygan 55117
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAST16 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726068 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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