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§1 Plant
Carex suberecta (Olney) Britton
vernacular prairie straw 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
· 100 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 100 counties across 10 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Madison 29123
- Miller 29131
- Morgan 29141
- Oregon 29149
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Francois 29187
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CASU5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2728102 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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