§1 Plant
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell
vernacular shaved 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
· 196 counties across 16 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 196 counties across 16 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Boyd 21019
- Bullitt 21029
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Crittenden 21055
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Knott 21119
- Lawrence 21127
- Leslie 21131
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Powell 21197
- Rowan 21205
- Wolfe 21237
Maryland view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Allegany 24001
- Anne Arundel 24003
- Baltimore 24005
- Baltimore (city) 24510
- Calvert 24009
- Caroline 24011
- Carroll 24013
- Cecil 24015
- Dorchester 24019
- Frederick 24021
- Garrett 24023
- Howard 24027
- Kent 24029
- Montgomery 24031
- Prince George's 24033
- Queen Anne's 24035
- Somerset 24039
- St. Mary's 24037
- Washington 24043
- Wicomico 24045
- Worcester 24047
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Midland 26111
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Tuscola 26157
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Columbia 42037
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Sullivan 42113
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CATO10 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2729540 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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