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§1 Plant
Carex cristatella Britton
vernacular crested 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
· 401 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.9–6.8
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 401 counties across 21 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Hamilton 18057
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Spencer 18147
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gladwin 26051
- Gratiot 26057
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Osceola 26133
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Le Sueur 27079
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Rice 27131
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Erie 42049
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Tioga 42117
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACR7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725051 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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