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§1 Plant
Carex platyphylla Carey
vernacular broadleaf 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
· 342 counties across 20 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 342 counties across 20 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Madison 21151
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Wayne 21231
Maine view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Marshall 54051
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tyler 54095
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAPL5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2723827 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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