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§1 Plant
Carex pauciflora Lightf.
vernacular fewflower 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 124 counties across 11 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 124 counties across 11 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Otsego 26137
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Oneida 36065
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 9 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAPA19 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2727907 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T10:50:45Z