Index / Search / Carex brunnescens
§1 Plant
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
vernacular brownish 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 260 counties across 19 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 260 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Todd 27153
- Washington 27163
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Pike 42103
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Craig 51045
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Highland 51091
- Madison 51113
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Smyth 51173
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CABR15 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2728226 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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