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§1 Plant
Carex flaccosperma Dewey
vernacular thinfruit 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 257 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -8 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 175 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.6–7.1
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Gray-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
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- 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 257 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clay 05021
- Cleveland 05025
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Bladen 37017
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Haywood 37087
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
Virginia view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAFL3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2727069 ↗Record version
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