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§1 Plant
Carex crus-corvi Shuttlw. ex Kunze
vernacular ravenfoot 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
· 237 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 125 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 3.5–7
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 237 counties across 17 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Gibson 18051
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Montgomery 18107
- Posey 18129
- Randolph 18135
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Wells 18179
Kansas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Caldwell 21033
- Casey 21045
- Daviess 21059
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 14 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACR8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2724046 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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