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§1 Plant
Carex vesicaria L.
vernacular blister 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
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 173 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 8–40 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- 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
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 173 counties across 14 states/territories.
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Baraga 26013
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Muskegon 26121
- Ontonagon 26131
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAVE6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2722046 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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