§1 Plant
Carex ruthii Mack.
vernacular Ruth's 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 42 counties across 6 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 42 counties across 6 states/territories.
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Floyd 51063
- Frederick 51069
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Northumberland 51133
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Washington 51191
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CARU6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2723143 ↗Record version
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