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Carex acutiformis Ehrh.
Carex acutiformis Ehrh.
Carex acutiformis Ehrh. is a rhizomatous tufted sedge native to northern and western Europe, found in moist habitats.
Carex alata Torr.
Carex alata Torr.
Carex alata Torr. is a perennial plant that flowers in spring and may go dormant in hot, dry summers.
Carex alba Scop.
Carex alba Scop.
Carex alba Scop. is a small sedge species that flowers and fruits in summer, growing in dry temperate wooded areas and slopes.
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.
Carex albicans, whitetinge sedge, is a perennial flowering sedge native to eastern North American dry forests and woodlands.
Carex albursina E.Sheld.
Carex albursina E.Sheld.
Carex albursina is a wide-leaved sedge native to eastern North America that grows in moist woods.
Carex amphibola Steud.
Carex amphibola Steud.
Carex amphibola is a Cyperaceae flowering plant native to eastern North America that grows in mesic deciduous forests near streams.
Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell
Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell
Carex annectens is a sedge often confused with Carex vulpinoidea, distinguished by longer leaves, elongated perigynia, and longer spikes.
Carex appressa R.Br.
Carex appressa R.Br.
Carex appressa is a perennial tufted sedge that grows in wet areas and feeds Heteronympha cordace larvae.
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
Carex aquatilis, water sedge, is a perennial circumboreal sedge often used for revegetating harvested peat areas.
Carex arctata Boott
Carex arctata Boott
Carex arctata Boott, or drooping woodland sedge, is a North American native sedge that grows in bogs and forests across eastern regions.
Carex arenaria L.
Carex arenaria L.
Carex arenaria L. (sand sedge) is a perennial sandy-habitat sedge that spreads via underground stolons.
Carex aurea Nutt.
Carex aurea Nutt.
Carex aurea Nutt. is a small sedge that has orange-ripening fruit sacs after flowering.
Carex aureolensis Steud.
Carex aureolensis Steud.
Carex aureolensis Steud. is a tussock-forming perennial sedge native to temperate Americas.
Carex baccans Nees
Carex baccans Nees
Carex baccans, the crimson-seeded sedge, is a Cyperaceae flowering plant widespread in subtropical and tropical Asia.
Carex barbarae Dewey
Carex barbarae Dewey
Carex barbarae, Santa Barbara sedge, is a US West Coast sedge historically used by native groups for basketry and fiber.
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
Carex bigelowii is a circumboreal arctic-alpine sedge that can colonize disturbed habitats and produce 200-year-viable seeds.
Carex blanda Dewey
Carex blanda Dewey
Carex blanda is a common, aggressively spreading native sedge of eastern and central North America.
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell
Carex brevior is a North American sedge in Carex sect. Ovales that forms dense tufts and grows in open, often disturbed habitats.
Carex brizoides L.
Carex brizoides L.
Carex brizoides (quaking sedge) is a European Carex species that grows invasively in disturbed native woodlands.
Carex bromoides Willd.
Carex bromoides Willd.
Carex bromoides is a native North American sedge species found mostly in eastern North America’s wooded wetlands.
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
Carex brunnescens is a morphologically variable sedge species native to circumboreal regions, found in multiple habitats.
Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.
Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.
Carex buxbaumii, or Buxbaum's/club sedge, is a northern Northern Hemisphere clumping sedge that grows in wet habitats.
Carex canescens L.
Carex canescens L.
Carex canescens is a widespread perennial Cyperaceae species that grows in damp habitats and can be invasive in disturbed Patagonian peatlands.
Carex capillaris L.
Carex capillaris L.
Carex capillaris, the hair-like sedge, is a sedge species found across North America and northern Eurasia with two accepted subspecies.
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