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§1 Plant
Carex retrorsa Schwein.
vernacular knotsheath 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
· 87 counties across 8 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 87 counties across 8 states/territories.
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CARE4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725033 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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