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§1 Plant
Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willd.
vernacular parasol 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
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 492 counties across 32 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 492 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Cook 17031
- De Witt 17039
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Gallatin 17059
- Hancock 17067
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- Union 17181
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Boyd 21019
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Lawrence 21127
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Anne Arundel 24003
- Baltimore 24005
- Baltimore (city) 24510
- Calvert 24009
- Caroline 24011
- Carroll 24013
- Cecil 24015
- Charles 24017
- Frederick 24021
- Harford 24025
- Howard 24027
- Kent 24029
- Montgomery 24031
- Prince George's 24033
- Queen Anne's 24035
- Somerset 24039
- St. Mary's 24037
- Talbot 24041
- Washington 24043
- Wicomico 24045
- Worcester 24047
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Carlton 27017
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Goodhue 27049
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Lake 27075
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Miller 29131
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Queens 36081
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAUM4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2729429 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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