Index / Search / Carex nigromarginata
§1 Plant
Carex nigromarginata Schwein.
vernacular black edge 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
· 335 counties across 20 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 335 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Calloway 21035
- Carter 21043
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Floyd 21071
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Hart 21099
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Johnson 21115
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Martin 21159
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Tammany 22103
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Allegany 24001
- Anne Arundel 24003
- Baltimore 24005
- Baltimore (city) 24510
- Calvert 24009
- Caroline 24011
- Carroll 24013
- Cecil 24015
- Charles 24017
- Dorchester 24019
- Harford 24025
- Howard 24027
- Montgomery 24031
- Prince George's 24033
- Queen Anne's 24035
- Somerset 24039
- St. Mary's 24037
- Talbot 24041
- Washington 24043
- Wicomico 24045
- Worcester 24047
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Cabarrus 37025
- Cleveland 37045
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Lee 37105
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Cannon 47015
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Hamilton 47065
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Stewart 47161
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CANI3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2727797 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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