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§1 Plant

Carex glareosa Schkuhr ex Wahlenb.

vernacular lesser saltmarsh sedge — species · Cyperaceae

USDA
CAGL4
GBIF
2728183
Rank
species
lesser saltmarsh sedge (Carex glareosa)
Platephotograph · Colin Chapman-LamCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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
  • GL Greenland Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 11 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 11 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 11 counties across 1 state.

Alaska view state ↗ 11 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CAGL4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2728183 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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