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§1 Plant
Carex folliculata L.
vernacular northern long sedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Carex
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
County-level range
· 228 counties across 15 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 228 counties across 15 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chenango 36017
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
North Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Alleghany 51005
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Louisa 51109
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Washington 51191
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAFO6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2722527 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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