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§1 Plant
Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald
vernacular nerveless woodland 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
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 247 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 34–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–6.8
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 247 counties across 17 states/territories.
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Clark 55019
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Kewaunee 55061
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CALE11 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2728688 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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