Index / Search / Carex festucacea
§1 Plant
Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd.
vernacular fescue 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
· 395 counties across 25 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 395 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bracken 21023
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Lee 21129
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Caddo 22017
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Washington 22117
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Avery 37011
- Chatham 37037
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Jackson 37099
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Person 37145
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Columbia 42037
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Campbell 47013
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Roane 47145
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Craig 51045
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAFE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2722803 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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