§1 Plant
Carex emoryi Dewey
vernacular Emory's 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
· 293 counties across 21 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 293 counties across 21 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- DeKalb 17037
- Fayette 17051
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Ogle 17141
- Putnam 17155
- Vermilion 17183
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Mower 27099
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Bates 29013
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carter 29035
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lewis 29111
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Mercer 29129
- Montgomery 29139
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Reynolds 29179
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
Nebraska view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Pike 42103
- Snyder 42109
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- St. Croix 55109
- Vernon 55123
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAEM2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726654 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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