Cyperaceae
Carex pseudocyperus L.
Carex pseudocyperus L.
Carex pseudocyperus L. is a flowering sedge that grows in wetland areas with distinct structural features.
Carex pulicaris L.
Carex pulicaris L.
Carex pulicaris L. is a small European sedge that grows in wet habitats, named for its jumping mature seeds.
Carex pumila Thunb.
Carex pumila Thunb.
Carex pumila Thunb. is a tufted perennial coastal sedge found across temperate regions of multiple continents.
Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small
Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small
Carex radiata (eastern star sedge) is a North American flowering sedge cultivated for its attractive foliage and showy flowers.
Carex remota L.
Carex remota L.
Carex remota L. (remote sedge) is a grass-like clumping plant with distinctive stems, leaves, and pale green spiraling inflorescences.
Carex retrorsa Schwein.
Carex retrorsa Schwein.
Carex retrorsa Schwein. is a rhizomatous clump-forming wetland sedge used in restoration, erosion control, and rain gardens.
Carex riparia Curtis
Carex riparia Curtis
Carex riparia Curtis is a large sedge species found across Eurasia, with isolated populations in North Africa, that grows in wetland habitats.
Carex rosea Willd.
Carex rosea Willd.
Carex rosea Willd. is a spring-flowering sedge with curled styles, found in North American woodlands.
Carex rostrata Stokes
Carex rostrata Stokes
Carex rostrata, bottle or beaked sedge, is a perennial Holarctic Cyperaceae species that grows in high water table wet peaty habitats.
Carex saxatilis L.
Carex saxatilis L.
Carex saxatilis L. is a variable circumboreal sedge that grows primarily in northern and high elevation wetland habitats.
Carex scabrata Schwein.
Carex scabrata Schwein.
Eastern rough sedge, Carex scabrata, is a 90 cm tall perennial sedge native to eastern North America.
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.
Carex scoparia is a North American native sedge that grows in wetland habitats and is introduced to New Zealand and parts of Europe.
Carex secta Boott
Carex secta Boott
Carex secta Boott is an endemic New Zealand sedge that grows well in waterlogged wetlands and has historical and modern uses.
Carex sociata Boott
Carex sociata Boott
Carex sociata Boott is a flowering plant species in the large sedge genus Carex.
Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex sparganioides is a perennial endangered sedge native to eastern and central North America, used for shaded slope soil stabilization.
Carex spicata Huds.
Carex spicata Huds.
Carex spicata Huds. is a sedge species native to temperate Europe, now widely naturalised elsewhere, growing in low-competition open habitats on heavy slightly base-rich soils.
Carex sprengelii Dewey ex Spreng.
Carex sprengelii Dewey ex Spreng.
Carex sprengelii, commonly long-beaked sedge, is a plant named for the long tapered beak on its seed-enclosing bract.
Carex squarrosa L.
Carex squarrosa L.
Carex squarrosa is a sedge species native to parts of the US and Canada, found in bottomland hardwood forests and other wet habitats.
Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. is a tuft-forming grass-like wetland plant that produces achenes as fruit.
Carex stricta Lam.
Carex stricta Lam.
Carex stricta Lam. (upright/tussock sedge) is a common eastern North American wetland sedge that forms tussocks and colonies.
Carex swanii (Fernald) Mack.
Carex swanii (Fernald) Mack.
Carex swanii is a flowering Cyperaceae species native to eastern North America, named for Charles Walter Swan.
Carex sylvatica Huds.
Carex sylvatica Huds.
Carex sylvatica Huds. is a tufted sedge found across Eurasia, introduced elsewhere, and used for garden ground cover and traditional insulation.
Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott
Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott
Carex testacea, or orange New Zealand sedge, is a New Zealand native ornamental flowering plant in Cyperaceae widely sold commercially.
Carex tomentosa L.
Carex tomentosa L.
Carex tomentosa L. is a perennial herbaceous sedge that grows 20-40 cm tall, blooming primarily in May and June.
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