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§1 Plant
Carex castanea Wahlenb.
vernacular chestnut 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
· 69 counties across 7 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 69 counties across 7 states/territories.
Maine view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Kalkaska 26079
- Keweenaw 26083
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACA16 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2724943 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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