§1 Plant
Carex opaca (F.J. Herm.) P. Rothr. & Reznicek
vernacular Bicknell's 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
· 43 counties across 5 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 43 counties across 5 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Gentry 29075
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Marion 29127
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- Stoddard 29207
- Vernon 29217
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAOP5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2723921 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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