§1 Plant
Carex alata Torr.
vernacular broadwing 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
· 207 counties across 22 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 207 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Columbus 37047
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Hertford 37091
- Lenoir 37107
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pitt 37147
- Sampson 37163
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAAL3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725894 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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