Index / Search / Carex chordorrhiza
§1 Plant
Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.
vernacular creeping 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
· 113 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 113 counties across 11 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mahnomen 27087
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Douglas 55031
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Lincoln 55069
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Ozaukee 55089
- Price 55099
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Vilas 55125
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACH5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2728174 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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