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§1 Plant
Carex prairea Dewey ex Alph. Wood
vernacular prairie 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
· 218 counties across 18 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 218 counties across 18 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Macomb 26099
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mahnomen 27087
- Martin 27091
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Steele 27147
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Nebraska view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Queens 36081
- Seneca 36099
- Steuben 36101
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAPR6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726293 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T08:39:52Z