Index / Search / Carex cephaloidea
§1 Plant
Carex cephaloidea (Dewey) Dewey
vernacular thinleaf 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
· 174 counties across 13 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 174 counties across 13 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Livingston 17105
- Marshall 17123
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Peoria 17143
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Pike 42103
- Sullivan 42113
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Clark 55019
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Forest 55041
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Ozaukee 55089
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACE2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2724851 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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