§1 Plant
Carex seorsa Howe
vernacular weak stellate 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
· 152 counties across 16 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 152 counties across 16 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Anne Arundel 24003
- Baltimore 24005
- Baltimore (city) 24510
- Calvert 24009
- Caroline 24011
- Cecil 24015
- Charles 24017
- Dorchester 24019
- Garrett 24023
- Harford 24025
- Kent 24029
- Montgomery 24031
- Prince George's 24033
- Queen Anne's 24035
- Somerset 24039
- St. Mary's 24037
- Talbot 24041
- Wicomico 24045
- Worcester 24047
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Franklin 36033
- Herkimer 36043
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Arlington 51013
- Bland 51021
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fauquier 51061
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Loudoun 51107
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northumberland 51133
- Richmond 51159
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CASE6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725502 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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