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§1 Plant
Carex mesochorea Mack.
vernacular midland 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
· 116 counties across 16 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 116 counties across 16 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Union 21225
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Maryland view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAME13 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2722260 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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