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§1 Plant
Carex muskingumensis Schwein.
vernacular Muskingum 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
· 179 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.7–6.9
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- 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
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- 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 179 counties across 12 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clinton 17027
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Carroll 18015
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Posey 18129
- Spencer 18147
- Union 18161
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Butler 29023
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Cooper 29053
- Dunklin 29069
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Jackson 29095
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Lewis 29111
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Mississippi 29133
- New Madrid 29143
- Pike 29163
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Vernon 29217
Ohio view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAMU9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726538 ↗Record version
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