🌿 Family

Cyperaceae

585 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae

Carex brunnea Thunb.

Carex brunnea, the greater brown sedge, is a small flowering plant found across Asia, eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island.

Carex spissa L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl.

Carex spissa, commonly San Diego sedge, is a native southwestern US and northern Mexico sedge that grows in wet areas.

Carex secalina Willd. ex Wahlenb.

Rye sedge (Carex secalina) is a flowering Cyperaceae species native to Eurasia, introduced to parts of Europe, Russia, and New York State.

Carex vulcani Hochst. ex Seub.

Carex vulcani is an altitude-preferring sedge species native to the Azores.

Carex strigosa Huds.

Carex strigosa is a flowering Carex species native to Europe and the Caucasus, with a diploid chromosome number of 2n=66.

Carex hendersonii L.H.Bailey

Carex hendersonii is a tufted sedge native to western North America from British Columbia to California, occurring in both wetland and non-wetland habitats.

Carex tetanica Schkuhr

Carex tetanica, rigid sedge, is a Cyperaceae flowering plant native to Central/Eastern Canada and the United States.

Carex kraliana Naczi & Bryson

Carex kraliana Naczi & Bryson is a tussock-forming perennial sedge native to the eastern US, ranging west to Texas.

Carex ormostachya Wiegand

Necklace spike sedge (Carex ormostachya Wiegand) is a flowering sedge native to Eastern Canada and the northeastern US.

Carex haydenii Dewey

Hayden's sedge (Carex haydenii) is a recommended rain garden Cyperaceae plant native to Canada and the northern US.

Carex lenticularis Michx.

Carex lenticularis Michx. is a sedge with angled clumped stems, erect spiked inflorescences, and distinctively colored fruit structures.

Carex senta Boott

Carex senta (swamp carex) is a sedge species described in 1867, found in western North America.

Carex alligata Boott

Carex alligata, the Hawaiʻi sedge, is a Hawaii-endemic sedge species first described in 1867 by Francis Boott.

Carex emoryi Dewey

Carex emoryi is a North American sedge that grows along waterways and is sometimes planted for erosion control.

Carex gaudichaudiana Kunth

Carex gaudichaudiana Kunth is a sedge native to damp areas of Australia and New Zealand that flowers from September to February.

Carex geminata Schkuhr

Carex geminata Schkuhr is a tussock-forming perennial sedge native to New Zealand.

Carex nebrascensis Dewey

Carex nebrascensis is a North American wetland sedge with a wide range of ecological and horticultural uses.

Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm.

Carex rariflora (looseflower alpine sedge) is a perennial obligate hydrophyte sedge found in parts of North America.

Carex trifida Cav.

Carex trifida (mutton‑bird sedge) is a Cyperaceae flowering plant with several cultivars, native to the Southern Hemisphere.

Carex obispoensis Stacey

Carex obispoensis, the San Luis Obispo sedge, is a native California serpentine soil specialist flowering sedge.

Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr.

Carex davisii is a sedge species native to eastern North America that grows in rich, moist woodland habitats.

Carex planostachys Kunze

Carex planostachys, or cedar sedge, is a small flowering Cyperaceae native to North and Central America that grows under junipers.

Carex ornithopoda Willd.

Bird's foot sedge (Carex ornithopoda Willd.) is a flowering Carex species native to Europe and Anatolia, with a commercially available variegated cultivar.

Carex concinna R.Br.

Carex concinna R.Br. is a small northern North American sedge that grows in clumps on calcareous substrates.

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