🌿 Family

Cyperaceae

585 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae

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 (quaking sedge) is a European Carex species that grows invasively in disturbed native woodlands.

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 is a morphologically variable sedge species native to circumboreal regions, found in multiple habitats.

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 is a widespread perennial Cyperaceae species that grows in damp habitats and can be invasive in disturbed Patagonian peatlands.

Carex capillaris L.

Carex capillaris, the hair-like sedge, is a sedge species found across North America and northern Eurasia with two accepted subspecies.

Carex caryophyllea Latourr.

Carex caryophyllea is a Cyperaceae species with two recognized varieties distributed across Eurasia and Japan.

Carex castanea Wahlenb.

Carex castanea (chestnut sedge) is a North American flowering sedge listed endangered in three U.S. states.

Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.

Carex cephalophora is a flowering Carex species native to central-eastern US and southeastern Canada, introduced to Germany.

Carex cespitosa L.

Carex cespitosa is a tuft-forming perennial sedge that grows in moist soils across parts of Europe.

Carex cherokeensis Schwein.

Cherokee sedge (Carex cherokeensis) is a native US southeastern perennial flowering sedge that fruits in late spring to early summer.

Carex communis L.H.Bailey

Fibrous-root sedge (Carex communis) is a flowering Carex species native to central and eastern North America, whose seeds are dispersed by ants.

Carex comosa Boott

Carex comosa Boott is a North American native sedge that tolerates deep water and grows in wet habitats.

Carex concinnoides Mack.

Carex concinnoides, the northwestern sedge, is a native western North American sedge with distinct identifying characteristics.

Carex crawei Dewey ex Torr.

Carex crawei, or Crawe's sedge, is a rare rhizomatous perennial flowering plant native to North America.

Carex crinita Lam.

Fringed sedge (Carex crinita Lam.) is a flowering Carex species native to central and eastern North America, namesake of its species complex.

Carex cristatella Britton

Carex cristatella is a common wetland sedge native to eastern North America and introduced to Europe.

Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze

Carex crus-corvi, raven's foot sedge, is a perennial obligate wetland flowering sedge native to North America and introduced to Belgium.

Carex cryptolepis Mack.

Carex cryptolepis (northeastern sedge) is a North American wetland sedge first described in 1914 that may hybridize with Carex viridula.

Carex davalliana Sm.

Davall's sedge (Carex davalliana Sm.) is a dioecious wetland sedge that has been extinct in the British Isles since 1852.

Carex debilis Michx.

Carex debilis is a clumping perennial flowering sedge native to acidic-soil sites across eastern North America.

Carex demissa Hornem.

Carex demissa Hornem. is a sedge species in the Carex flava complex native to Eurasia and introduced to parts of North America and Tasmania.

Carex deweyana Schwein.

Carex deweyana is a North American native sedge species recommended for landscaping use.

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