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Carex rosea Willd.
Cyperaceae

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
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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
Cyperaceae

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
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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
Cyperaceae

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.
Cyperaceae

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.

Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P.Bicknell
Cyperaceae

Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P.Bicknell

Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P.Bicknell

Carex tonsa, or shaved sedge, is a flowering sedge species native to Canada and the Eastern United States.

Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.
Cyperaceae

Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.

Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.

Carex torta (twisted sedge) is a Cyperaceae flowering plant native to central-eastern North America, specialized for recently scoured gravelly rocky river and stream banks.

Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.
Cyperaceae

Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.

Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.

Carex tribuloides (blunt broom sedge) is a flowering Carex species native to eastern North America and Veracruz, Mexico, introduced to Sweden, and important spring migration food for soras.

Carex trichocarpa Muhl. ex Willd.
Cyperaceae

Carex trichocarpa Muhl. ex Willd.

Carex trichocarpa Muhl. ex Willd.

Carex trichocarpa, the hairy-fruited sedge, is a North American Carex species of special concern in Connecticut, fed on by endangered two-spotted skipper larvae.

Carex trisperma Dewey
Cyperaceae

Carex trisperma Dewey

Carex trisperma Dewey

Carex trisperma Dewey is a circumpolar perennial sedge that grows in wetlands of coniferous forests.

Carex tuckermanii Boott
Cyperaceae

Carex tuckermanii Boott

Carex tuckermanii Boott

Carex tuckermanii Boott is a tussock-forming wetland sedge that grows up to 48 inches tall and produces achenes from late spring to summer.

Carex typhina Michx.
Cyperaceae

Carex typhina Michx.

Carex typhina Michx.

Carex typhina Michx. is a sedge that grows 30–80cm tall, with reddish-brown stem bases and heads of multiple erect spikes.

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