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§1 Plant
Carex tetrastachya Scheele
vernacular Britton's 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 55 counties across 3 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 55 counties across 3 states/territories.
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Archer 48009
- Austin 48015
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Borden 48033
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Caldwell 48055
- Cameron 48061
- Coryell 48099
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Dimmit 48127
- Ellis 48139
- Fort Bend 48157
- Frio 48163
- Galveston 48167
- Gonzales 48177
- Harris 48201
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jim Wells 48249
- Karnes 48255
- Kaufman 48257
- Kleberg 48273
- Lampasas 48281
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Nolan 48353
- Nueces 48355
- Robertson 48395
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Stephens 48429
- Sterling 48431
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Wichita 48485
- Williamson 48491
- Wise 48497
- Zavala 48507
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CATE29 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2724472 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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