Index / Search / Carex communis var. communis
§1 Plant
Carex communis L.H. Bailey var. communis
vernacular fibrousroot 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
· 518 counties across 26 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 518 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Putnam 18133
- Rush 18139
- St. Joseph 18141
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
Kentucky view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Whitley 21235
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Butler 39017
- Clinton 39027
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Morgan 39115
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Richland 39139
- Scioto 39145
- Summit 39153
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- 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
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- 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
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Smith 47159
- Sullivan 47163
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
Vermont view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- King George 51099
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Kewaunee 55061
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Ozaukee 55089
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACOC4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7227083 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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