Index / Search / Carex brunnescens ssp. sphaerostachya
§1 Plant
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela
vernacular brownish sedge — subspecies · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Carex
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
County-level range
· 85 counties across 11 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 85 counties across 11 states/territories.
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
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
Vermont view state ↗ 1 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/CABRS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2728237 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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