§1 Plant
Carex limosa L.
vernacular mud 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 203 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 14–46 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7.5
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 1.8 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- 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
- Yes
- 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 203 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 17 N ▾
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Juneau 02110
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yakutat 02282
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ionia 26067
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Otsego 26137
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mahnomen 27087
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Washington 27163
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Seneca 36099
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Yates 36123
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Lincoln 55069
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CALI7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725881 ↗Record version
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