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Cyperaceae

585 species · Plants

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Carex longii Mack.

Carex longii Mack. is a small sedge native to the Americas, introduced elsewhere, that grows on wetland margins.

Carex microptera Mack.

Carex microptera, smallwing sedge, is a North American native sedge growing in moist mountain habitats.

Carex pachystachya Cham. ex Steud.

Carex pachystachya is a sedge that grows in clumps, produces flower spikes, and bears fruit in a distinctively colored sac-like perigynium.

Carex praticola Rydb.

Carex praticola, meadow sedge, is a North American native sedge that grows in varied habitats from wet to dry.

Carex unilateralis Mack.

Carex unilateralis is a low-growing perennial sedge with one-sided inflorescence, found in damp lowlands of western North America.

Carex bebbii (L.H.Bailey) Olney ex Fernald

Carex bebbii, or Bebb's sedge, is a native North American sedge that grows in wetland habitats and forms dense tufts up to 90 cm tall.

Carex adusta Boott

Carex adusta Boott is a perennial grass-like sedge native to Canada and the northeastern US, growing in dry acidic sandy habitats.

Carex bicknellii Britton & A.Br.

Carex bicknellii is a North American native sedge species that grows in small clumps in open, dry to mesic habitats.

Carex cumulata (L.H.Bailey) Mack.

Carex cumulata is a perennial species of Carex native to North America, with several common names including clustered sedge.

Carex festucacea Willd.

Carex festucacea (fescue sedge) is a sedge species found in eastern North America with distinct morphological features.

Carex merritt-fernaldii Mack.

Fernald's sedge (Carex merritt-fernaldii) is a perennial sedge from northeastern North America that grows in varied acidic habitats.

Carex normalis Mack.

Greater straw sedge (Carex normalis) is a sedge species first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1919.

Carex silicea Olney

Carex silicea (beach sedge) is a North American sedge native to northeastern US and southeastern Canada.

Carex tenera Dewey

Quill sedge (Carex tenera Dewey) is a native North American sedge species with two recognized varieties.

Carex foenea Willd.

Carex foenea is a flowering Cyperaceae species with debated taxonomic status, native to northern North America.

Carex tetrastachya Scheele

Carex tetrastachya is a Cyperaceae sedge native to the south-central United States that grows in moist, sandy loam or clay soils.

Carex bohemica Schreb.

Carex bohemica Schreb. is a sedge with specific leaf traits, spiked flowers from June to September, that produces nuts.

Carex chordorrhiza L.f.

Carex chordorrhiza L.f. is a sedge with a circumpolar boreal-subarctic distribution, known for maturing stems that become prostrate.

Carex kobomugi Ohwi

Carex kobomugi Ohwi is a low-growing dioecious coastal sedge native to sandy East Asian coasts.

Carex physodes M.Bieb.

Carex physodes M.Bieb. is a 20-25 cm tall sedge adapted to sandy and cold deserts, flowering and fruiting from April to May.

Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey

Prickly bog sedge (Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey) is a Cyperaceae flowering plant native to eastern North America and eastern Hispaniola, growing in bogs or acidic seeps.

Carex exilis Dewey

Carex exilis is a tufted wetland sedge, listed endangered in Connecticut despite being low risk overall.

Carex sterilis Willd.

Carex sterilis Willd. is a perennial tuft-forming wetland sedge with separate male and female plants that produces achenes from June to July.

Carex appropinquata Schumach.

Carex appropinquata (fibrous tussock-sedge) is a flowering plant species in the sedge family Cyperaceae.

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