🌿 Family

Cyperaceae

585 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae

Carex collinsii Nutt.

Collins' sedge (Carex collinsii Nutt.) is a North American Carex species with varied conservation statuses across the US northeast.

Carex conoidea Willd.

Carex conoidea Willd. is a tussock-forming perennial sedge in Cyperaceae native to southeast Canada and northeast US.

Carex abscondita Mack.

Carex abscondita Mack. is a tussock-forming perennial sedge found in moist habitats across central and eastern US.

Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey

Carex careyana, or Carey's sedge, is a conservative sedge species found in eastern North America's rich moist forests.

Carex flaccosperma Dewey

Carex flaccosperma (blue wood sedge) is a deer-resistant Cyperaceae native to the US, recommended for shady rain garden areas.

Carex planispicata Naczi

Carex planispicata is a tussock-forming perennial sedge from eastern United States in the Cyperaceae family.

Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb.

Weak arctic sedge (Carex supina) is a flowering Carex species native to many Northern Hemisphere regions, often associating with two specific grasses.

Carex louisianica L.H.Bailey

Louisiana sedge (Carex louisianica) is a rhizomatous perennial flowering sedge native to the southeastern United States.

Carex lupuliformis Sartwell ex Dewey

False hop sedge (Carex lupuliformis) is a perennial sporadic sedge native to central and eastern North America.

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Carex breviculmis, the Asian shortstem sedge, is a shade-tolerant flowering Carex native to Asia and Oceania, introduced to Mississippi.

Carex umbrosa Host

Carex umbrosa Host is a shade-preferring perennial grass-like sedge found across Eurasian forested areas.

Carex tristachya Thunb.

Carex tristachya, the shiny-spike sedge, is a flowering Carex species native to East and Southeast Asia, with ant-dispersed seeds.

Carex bushii Mack.

Carex bushii, or Bush's sedge, is a native eastern US sedge found in natural grasslands.

Carex lonchocarpa Willd. ex Spreng.

Southern long sedge (Carex lonchocarpa) is a perennial flowering sedge native to the southeastern US and Texas, found in various wet acidic habitats.

Carex spectabilis Dewey

Carex spectabilis Dewey is a North American sedge that grows in moist subalpine to alpine mountain habitats.

Carex aethiopica Schkuhr

Carex aethiopica is a tussock-forming perennial sedge from Cyperaceae, native to South Africa's Cape Provinces.

Carex binervis Sm.

Carex binervis, the green-ribbed sedge, is an Atlantic European sedge found in damp acidic environments, named for its two green utricle veins.

Carex buchananii Berggr.

Carex buchananii is a reddish-brown tufted sedge found in New Zealand, growing from coasts up to 1000 m mountains.

Carex dissita Sol. ex Boott

Purei (Carex dissita) is a New Zealand native sedge that grows in dark damp areas and disperses seeds via long stems.

Carex comans Berggr.

Carex comans is a New Zealand endemic sedge used as an ornamental clumping plant

Carex flagellifera Colenso

Carex flagellifera is a flowering sedge species native to Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Chatham Islands.

Carex solandri Boott

Carex solandri Boott is a sedge species endemic to New Zealand’s North and South Islands, first described in 1853.

Carex triquetra Boott

Carex triquetra Boott is a species in the large flowering plant genus Carex, which has an expanded circumscription since 2015.

Carex filicina Nees

Carex filicina Nees is a tussock-forming perennial sedge native to northwestern to southeastern Asia.

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Poaceae 743 species Bromeliaceae 202 species Juncaceae 82 species Restionaceae 18 species Typhaceae 16 species Xyridaceae 16 species Eriocaulaceae 7 species Flagellariaceae 1 species

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