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§1 Plant
Carex diandra Schrank
vernacular lesser panicled 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 213 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- 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
- 14–40 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.2
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- 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
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- 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 213 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Bay 26017
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Tuscola 26157
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
Montana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Clinton 36019
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Herkimer 36043
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Seneca 36099
- Steuben 36101
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CADI4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2723156 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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