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§1 Plant

Carex squarrosa L.

vernacular squarrose sedge — species · Cyperaceae

USDA
CASQ2
GBIF
2728950
Rank
species
squarrose sedge (Carex squarrosa)
Platephotograph · Erin HaaseCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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

· 564 counties across 28 states/territories
Legend Native · 564 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
110 min.
Precipitation
34–55 in/yr
pH range
5.6–7.3
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
3 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Propagation
seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 564 counties across 28 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 61 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 51 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 62 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 59 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 25 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 41 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 40 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 34 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 57 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CASQ2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2728950 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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