§1 Plant
Carex backii Boott
vernacular Back'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
· 87 counties across 12 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 87 counties across 12 states/territories.
Maine view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Fillmore 27045
- Hennepin 27053
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lake 27075
- Le Sueur 27079
- Meeker 27093
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Scott 27139
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CABA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2727562 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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