§1 Plant
Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.
vernacular twisted 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
· 352 counties across 22 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 2.8 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 352 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Harlan 21095
- Hart 21099
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Owsley 21189
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Maine view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Belmont 39013
- Carroll 39019
- Clark 39023
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Hancock 39063
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Lorain 39093
- Medina 39103
- Muskingum 39119
- Perry 39127
- Portage 39133
- Summit 39153
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Tennessee view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Cumberland 47035
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Marion 47115
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Pickett 47137
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Unicoi 47171
- Washington 47179
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Frederick 51069
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Prince Edward 51147
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CATO4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2729040 ↗Record version
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