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§1 Plant
Carex sterilis Willd.
vernacular dioecious 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
· 64 counties across 10 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 64 counties across 10 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAST16 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2726068 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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