Index / Search / Carex gracilescens
§1 Plant
Carex gracilescens Steud.
vernacular slender looseflower 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
· 373 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 373 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Franklin 18047
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lagrange 18087
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Owen 18119
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Spencer 18147
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Elliott 21063
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Mason 21161
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Owsley 21189
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Wayne 36117
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAGR8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726500 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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