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§1 Plant
Carex laevivaginata (Kük.) Mack.
vernacular smoothsheath 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
· 412 counties across 26 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 412 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Fayette 18041
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Johnson 18081
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Parke 18121
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Rush 18139
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jessamine 21113
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Livingston 21139
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Pike 21195
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Washington 21229
- Woodford 21239
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Allegany 24001
- Anne Arundel 24003
- Baltimore 24005
- Baltimore (city) 24510
- Calvert 24009
- Caroline 24011
- Carroll 24013
- Cecil 24015
- Charles 24017
- Dorchester 24019
- Frederick 24021
- Garrett 24023
- Harford 24025
- Howard 24027
- Kent 24029
- Montgomery 24031
- Prince George's 24033
- Queen Anne's 24035
- Somerset 24039
- St. Mary's 24037
- Talbot 24041
- Washington 24043
- Wicomico 24045
- Worcester 24047
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Madison 37115
- Mitchell 37121
- New Hanover 37129
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Stokes 37169
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Chester 47023
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Giles 47055
- Greene 47059
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jefferson 47089
- Johnson 47091
- Lake 47095
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Sevier 47155
- Sullivan 47163
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CALA14 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8387084 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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