Cyperaceae
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh.
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh.
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. is a perennial wetland sedge widespread across North America and Eurasia that forms dense, sometimes floating stands.
Carex laxiculmis Schwein.
Carex laxiculmis Schwein.
Creeping sedge (Carex laxiculmis) is a Cyperaceae flowering plant native to eastern North America, with a commercially available cultivar Bunny Blue.
Carex leporina L.
Carex leporina L.
Carex leporina is a native sedge of Eurasia and North America that grows in seasonally wet habitats.
Carex leptalea Wahlenb.
Carex leptalea Wahlenb.
Carex leptalea, also called bristly-stalked sedge, is a North American wetland sedge with three recognized subspecies.
Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald
Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald
Nerveless woodland sedge (Carex leptonervia) is a flowering sedge native to Eastern Canada and the United States.
Carex limosa L.
Carex limosa L.
Carex limosa L. is a widely distributed aquatic sedge found in mountain peat bogs across North America and northern Eurasia.
Carex liparocarpos Gaudin
Carex liparocarpos Gaudin
Carex liparocarpos Gaudin is a native sedge species of Eurasia and North Africa that grows in dry open sandy or rocky habitats.
Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.
Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.
Carex livida is a circumboreal pale blue-gray sedge that grows in wet, often calcareous, nitrogen-rich habitats like fens and bogs.
Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.
Hop sedge (Carex lupulina) is a North American sedge species first formally named in 1805.
Carex lurida Wahlenb.
Carex lurida Wahlenb.
Carex lurida Wahlenb. is a clump-forming wetland sedge native from Eastern Canada to Ecuador, and introduced to New Zealand.
Carex luzulina Olney
Carex luzulina Olney
Carex luzulina Olney is a native North American sedge that grows in wet western habitats, forming clumped stems with dark-scaled flower spikes.
Carex lyngbyei Hornem.
Carex lyngbyei Hornem.
Lyngbye's sedge (Carex lyngbyei) is a brackish coastal pioneer sedge native to North America's west coast, Greenland, and Iceland.
Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.
Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.
Big-head sedge (Carex macrocephala) is a flowering plant in Cyperaceae found on northern Pacific beaches and dunes.
Carex magellanica Lam.
Carex magellanica Lam.
Carex magellanica Lam. is a perennial wetland sedge distinguished from similar species by its narrow leaf width.
Carex melanostachya M.Bieb. ex Willd.
Carex melanostachya M.Bieb. ex Willd.
Great Plains sedge (Carex melanostachya) is a flowering Carex species native from central Europe to western Asia, introduced to central US.
Carex mertensii J.D.Prescott ex Bong.
Carex mertensii J.D.Prescott ex Bong.
Mertens' sedge (Carex mertensii) is a North American native sedge that grows in moist mountain habitats.
Carex michauxiana Boeckeler
Carex michauxiana Boeckeler
Carex michauxiana Boeckeler is a tufted sedge found across the Northern Hemisphere and in New Guinea.
Carex michelii Host
Carex michelii Host
Carex michelii is a Cyperaceae sedge species native to Eurasia, most often found in semi-arid grasslands.
Carex molesta Mack.
Carex molesta Mack.
Carex molesta Mack. is a sedge that forms clumped stems to 1 meter tall, with characteristic clustered terminal spikes and fruiting from late spring to mid-summer.
Carex montana L.
Carex montana L.
Carex montana L. is a tolerable sedge species native to Europe and Central Russia.
Carex muehlenbergii Willd.
Carex muehlenbergii Willd.
Carex muehlenbergii is a perennial tufted sedge with two North American varieties, listed threatened in Maine and Vermont.
Carex muricata L.
Carex muricata L.
Carex muricata, rough or prickly sedge, is a poorly studied Carex species aggregate native to Eurasia, introduced elsewhere, with unresolved taxonomic confusion.
Carex muskingumensis Schwein.
Carex muskingumensis Schwein.
Carex muskingumensis is a conservative sedge native primarily to the wet, intact native habitats of the Midwestern United States.
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
Carex nigra is an evergreen perennial tussock-forming sedge native to wetlands across multiple regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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