Index / Search / Carex laxiculmis
§1 Plant
Carex laxiculmis Schwein.
vernacular spreading 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
· 411 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 411 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Grant 18053
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Switzerland 18155
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Campbell 21037
- Clay 21051
- Elliott 21063
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Martin 21159
- Mason 21161
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Owsley 21189
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 22 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
- St. Mary's 24037
- Talbot 24041
- Washington 24043
- Worcester 24047
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Chatham 37037
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Guilford 37081
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Lee 37105
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Henderson 47077
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Lewis 47101
- Macon 47111
- Marion 47115
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Wayne 47181
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CALA18 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726928 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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