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§1 Plant
Carex appalachica J. Webber & P.W. Ball
vernacular Appalachian 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
· 117 counties across 10 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 117 counties across 10 states/territories.
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- Steuben 36101
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Clearfield 42033
- Columbia 42037
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAAP5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725238 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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