Index / Search / Carex oligocarpa
§1 Plant
Carex oligocarpa Schkuhr ex Willd.
vernacular richwoods 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
· 314 counties across 25 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 314 counties across 25 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bond 17005
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fulton 17057
- Hancock 17067
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- LaSalle 17099
- Macon 17115
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Dubois 18037
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Ohio 18115
- Parke 18121
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- St. Joseph 18141
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Brown 20013
- Clay 20027
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Marshall 20117
- Miami 20121
- Shawnee 20177
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Boone 21015
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Larue 21123
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- McLean 21149
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Warren 21227
- Woodford 21239
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 20 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hamilton 47065
- Henderson 47077
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Putnam 47141
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Smith 47159
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Fauquier 51061
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Hanover 51085
- Highland 51091
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Northumberland 51133
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAOL2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2722167 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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