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§1 Plant
Carex plantaginea Lam.
vernacular plantainleaf 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
· 241 counties across 17 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 241 counties across 17 states/territories.
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Fayette 21067
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Madison 21151
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trimble 21223
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Maine view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lawrence 42073
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Northampton 42095
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- DeKalb 47041
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Macon 47111
- Marion 47115
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Sevier 47155
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAPL4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2723909 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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