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§1 Plant
Carex jamesii Schwein.
vernacular James' 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
· 155 counties across 14 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 155 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Boyle 21021
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Grant 21081
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Owsley 21189
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Maryland view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Bath 51017
- Buckingham 51029
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Giles 51071
- Halifax 51083
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Page 51139
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rockbridge 51163
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAJA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2724223 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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