§1 Plant
Carex woodii Dewey
vernacular pretty 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
· 168 counties across 15 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 168 counties across 15 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Floyd 51063
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Highland 51091
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Patrick 51141
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Calumet 55015
- Clark 55019
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Rusk 55107
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Vernon 55123
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAWO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2724396 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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