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§1 Plant
Carex occidentalis L.H. Bailey
vernacular western 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 80 counties across 8 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 80 counties across 8 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Gunnison 08051
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
Idaho view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAOC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2729888 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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