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§1 Plant
Carex sychnocephala Carey
vernacular manyhead 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 91 counties across 9 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 91 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Big Stone 27011
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Freeborn 27047
- Hennepin 27053
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- Meeker 27093
- Morrison 27097
- Murray 27101
- Norman 27107
- Pennington 27113
- Polk 27119
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CASY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2723497 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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