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§1 Plant
Carex caroliniana Schwein.
vernacular Carolina 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 373 counties across 21 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 373 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Crawford 17033
- Edgar 17045
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 21 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Cheatham 47021
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Grainger 47057
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Lauderdale 47097
- Marion 47115
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACA15 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2727906 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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