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§1 Plant
Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr.
vernacular Davis' 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
· 226 counties across 17 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 226 counties across 17 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Delaware 18035
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Parke 18121
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Switzerland 18155
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CADA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725477 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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