- Plants
- ›Vascular Plants
- ›flowering plants
- ›monocots
- ›grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies
- ›Sedges
- ›Cyperoideae
- ›Cariceae
- ›Carex
- ›Carex
- ›Hymenochlaenae
Cherokee sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Carex cherokeensis, commonly called Cherokee sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae). It is native to the United States where it is found in the Southeast. Its natural habitat is in high-nutrient, often calcareous soil, in bottomland forests, mesic forests, and wet meadows.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Carex cherokeensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 135269.