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Carex acutiformis Ehrh.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex acutiformis Ehrh.

Carex acutiformis Ehrh.

Carex acutiformis Ehrh. is a rhizomatous tufted sedge native to northern and wes…

Carex alata Torr.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex alata Torr.

Carex alata Torr.

Carex alata Torr. is a perennial plant that flowers in spring and may go dormant…

Carex alba Scop.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex alba Scop.

Carex alba Scop.

Carex alba Scop. is a small sedge species that flowers and fruits in summer, gro…

Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.

Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.

Carex albicans, whitetinge sedge, is a perennial flowering sedge native to easte…

Carex albursina E.Sheld.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex albursina E.Sheld.

Carex albursina E.Sheld.

Carex albursina is a wide-leaved sedge native to eastern North America that grow…

Carex amphibola Steud.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex amphibola Steud.

Carex amphibola Steud.

Carex amphibola is a Cyperaceae flowering plant native to eastern North America …

Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

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 …

Carex appressa R.Br.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex appressa R.Br.

Carex appressa R.Br.

Carex appressa is a perennial tufted sedge that grows in wet areas and feeds Het…

Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

Carex aquatilis, water sedge, is a perennial circumboreal sedge often used for r…

Carex arctata Boott
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex arctata Boott

Carex arctata Boott

Carex arctata Boott, or drooping woodland sedge, is a North American native sedg…

Carex arenaria L.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex arenaria L.

Carex arenaria L.

Carex arenaria L. (sand sedge) is a perennial sandy-habitat sedge that spreads v…

Carex aurea Nutt.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex aurea Nutt.

Carex aurea Nutt.

Carex aurea Nutt. is a small sedge that has orange-ripening fruit sacs after flo…

Carex aureolensis Steud.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex aureolensis Steud.

Carex aureolensis Steud.

Carex aureolensis Steud. is a tussock-forming perennial sedge native to temperat…

Carex baccans Nees
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex baccans Nees

Carex baccans Nees

Carex baccans, the crimson-seeded sedge, is a Cyperaceae flowering plant widespr…

Carex barbarae Dewey
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex barbarae Dewey

Carex barbarae Dewey

Carex barbarae, Santa Barbara sedge, is a US West Coast sedge historically used …

Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

Carex bigelowii is a circumboreal arctic-alpine sedge that can colonize disturbe…

Carex blanda Dewey
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex blanda Dewey

Carex blanda Dewey

Carex blanda is a common, aggressively spreading native sedge of eastern and cen…

Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

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 t…

Carex brizoides L.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex brizoides L.

Carex brizoides L.

Carex brizoides (quaking sedge) is a European Carex species that grows invasivel…

Carex bromoides Willd.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex bromoides Willd.

Carex bromoides Willd.

Carex bromoides is a native North American sedge species found mostly in eastern…

Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.

Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.

Carex brunnescens is a morphologically variable sedge species native to circumbo…

Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.

Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.

Carex buxbaumii, or Buxbaum's/club sedge, is a northern Northern Hemisphere clum…

Carex canescens L.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex canescens L.

Carex canescens L.

Carex canescens is a widespread perennial Cyperaceae species that grows in damp …

Carex capillaris L.
🌿 Plantae Cyperaceae

Carex capillaris L.

Carex capillaris L.

Carex capillaris, the hair-like sedge, is a sedge species found across North Ame…