Index / Search / Carex tonsa var. tonsa
§1 Plant
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. tonsa
vernacular shaved sedge — variety · 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
· 45 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 45 counties across 10 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
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 ↗ 9 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CATOT ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7070291 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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