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Carex L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 39369

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	laîches [French]
		rouches [French]
		sedge species [English]
		carex
		sedges [English]
		sedge [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	unknown
	Latest Record Review:	2010

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones
	Order	Poales
	Family	Cyperaceae – sedges, foins coupants, laîches, rouches, rouchettes
	Genus	Carex L. – laîches, rouches, sedge species, carex, sedges, sedge
		Direct Children:
	Species	Carex X abitibiana Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex aboriginum M.E. Jones – Indian Valley sedge
	Species	Carex abrupta Mack. – abruptbeak sedge
	Species	Carex abscondita Mack. – thicket sedge
	Species	Carex acidicola Naczi
	Species	Carex acutiformis Ehrh. – lesser pond sedge
	Species	Carex adelostoma V.I. Krecz. – circumpolar sedge
	Species	Carex adusta Boott – lesser brown sedge
	Species	Carex X aestivaliformis Mack. – sedge
	Species	Carex aestivalis M.A. Curtis ex A. Gray – summer sedge
	Species	Carex aggregata Mack. – glomerate sedge
	Species	Carex alata Torr. – broadwing sedge
	Species	Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. – whitetinge sedge
	Species	Carex albida L.H. Bailey – white sedge
	Species	Carex albolutescens Schwein. – greenwhite sedge
	Species	Carex albonigra Mack. – black-and-white sedge, blackandwhite sedge
	Species	Carex albursina E. Sheld. – white bear sedge
	Species	Carex alligata Boott – Hawai'i sedge
	Species	Carex alma L.H. Bailey – Alma sedge, sturdy sedge
	Species	Carex alopecoidea Tuck. – foxtail sedge, fox-tail sedge
	Species	Carex amphibola Steud. – amphibious sedge, eastern narrowleaf sedge
	Species	Carex amplectens Mack. – claspbract sedge
	Species	Carex amplifolia Boott – bigleaf sedge
	Species	Carex angustata Boott – widefruit sedge, common meadow sedge
	Species	Carex angustisquama Franch.
	Species	Carex annectens (E.P. Bicknell) E.P. Bicknell – yellowfruit sedge
	Species	Carex anthoxanthea J. Presl & C. Presl – grassyslope arctic sedge
	Species	Carex aperta Boott – Columbian sedge
	Species	Carex appalachica J.M. Webber & P.W. Ball – carex des Appalaches, Appalachian sedge
	Species	Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. – water sedge
	Species	Carex arapahoensis Clokey – Arapaho sedge
	Species	Carex arcta Boott – northern cluster sedge
	Species	Carex arctata Boott ex Hook. – drooping woodland sedge
	Species	Carex arctiformis Mack. – polar sedge
	Species	Carex X arctophila F. Nyl.
	Species	Carex arenaria L. – sand sedge
	Species	Carex argyrantha Tuck. – hay sedge
	Species	Carex arkansana (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey – Arkansas sedge
	Species	Carex assiniboinensis W. Boott – Assiniboia sedge
	Species	Carex atherodes Spreng. – awned sedge, carex épi-de-blé, slough sedge, wheat sedge
	Species	Carex athrostachya Olney – slenderbeak sedge, slender-beak sedge
	Species	Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey – prickly bog sedge
	Species	Carex atrata L.
	Species	Carex atratiformis Britton – black sedge, scrabrous black sedge
	Species	Carex atrofusca Schkuhr – darkbrown sedge
	Species	Carex atrosquama Mack. – lesser blackscale sedge
	Species	Carex aurea Nutt. – golden-fruit sedge, golden sedge
	Species	Carex aureolensis Steud.
	Species	Carex austrina Mack. – southern sedge
	Species	Carex austroalpina Bech.
	Species	Carex austrocaroliniana L.H. Bailey – tarheel sedge
	Species	Carex baccans Nees
	Species	Carex backii Boott – rocky mountain sedge, carex de Back, Back's sedge
	Species	Carex baileyi Britton – Bailey's sedge
	Species	Carex baltzellii Chapm. ex Dewey – Baltzell's sedge
	Species	Carex barbarae Dewey – Santa Barbara sedge
	Species	Carex barrattii Schwein. & Torr. – Barratt's sedge
	Species	Carex basiantha Steud. – Willdenow's sedge
	Species	Carex bebbii Olney ex Fernald – Bebb sedge, Bebb's sedge
	Species	Carex bella L.H. Bailey – showy sedge, southwestern showy sedge
	Species	Carex bicknellii Britton – carex de Bicknell, Bicknell's sedge
	Species	Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All. – twocolor sedge
	Species	Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein. – Bigelow's sedge
	Species	Carex biltmoreana Mack. – stiff sedge, Biltmore sedge
	Species	Carex blanda Dewey – bland sedge, woodland sedge, eastern woodland sedge
	Species	Carex bolanderi Olney – Bolander sedge, wood sedge, Bolander's sedge
	Species	Carex bonanzensis Britton – Yukon sedge
	Species	Carex bonplandii Kunth – Bonpland's sedge
	Species	Carex brainerdii Mack. – Brainerd's sedge
	Species	Carex brevicaulis Mack. – shortstem sedge
	Species	Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. – fescue sedge, brevior sedge, shortbeak sedge
	Species	Carex breweri Boott – Brewer's sedge
	Species	Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willd. – bromelike sedge, brome-like sedge
	Species	Carex brunnea Thunb. – greater brown sedge
	Species	Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. – brownish sedge
	Species	Carex brysonii Naczi – Bryson's sedge
	Species	Carex bulbostylis Mack. – false hair sedge
	Species	Carex bullata Schkuhr ex Willd. – button sedge
	Species	Carex bushii Mack. – Bush's sedge
	Species	Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. – brown bog sedge, Buxbaum sedge, Buxbaum's sedge
	Species	Carex X caesariensis Mack. (pro sp.) – Caesar sedge
	Species	Carex calcifugens Naczi
	Species	Carex X calderi B. Boivin – Calder's sedge
	Species	Carex californica L.H. Bailey – California sedge
	Species	Carex canariensis Kük.
	Species	Carex canescens L. – silver sedge, silvery sedge
	Species	Carex capillaris L. – hairlike sedge, hair sedge, hair-like sedge
	Species	Carex capitata L. – arctic sedge, capitate sedge
	Species	Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey – Carey's sedge
	Species	Carex caroliniana Schwein. – Carolina sedge
	Species	Carex caryophyllea Latourr. – vernal sedge
	Species	Carex castanea Wahlenb. – chestnut sedge
	Species	Carex cephaloidea (Dewey) Dewey – thinleaf sedge
	Species	Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd. – oval-leaved sedge, ovalleaf sedge, oval-leaf sedge
	Species	Carex chalciolepis T. Holm – Holm sedge
	Species	Carex chapmanii Steud. – Chapman's sedge
	Species	Carex cherokeensis Schwein. – Cherokee sedge
	Species	Carex chihuahuensis Mack. – Chihuahuan sedge
	Species	Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f. – rope-root sedge, creeping sedge
	Species	Carex circinata C.A. Mey. – coiled sedge
	Species	Carex X clausa Holmb.
	Species	Carex collinsii Nutt. – Collins' sedge
	Species	Carex communis L.H. Bailey – fibrousroot sedge
	Species	Carex comosa Boott – longhair sedge
	Species	Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. – blue sedge, hirsute sedge
	Species	Carex concinna R. Br. – low northern sedge
	Species	Carex concinnoides Mack. – northwestern sedge
	Species	Carex congdonii L.H. Bailey – Congdon's sedge
	Species	Carex conjuncta Boott – soft fox sedge
	Species	Carex X connectens Holmb. – connect sedge
	Species	Carex conoidea Schkuhr ex Willd. – open-field sedge, openfield sedge
	Species	Carex constanceana Stacey – Contance's sedge
	Species	Carex cordillerana Saarela & B.A. Ford – Cordilleran sedge
	Species	Carex corrugata Fernald – prune-fruit sedge
	Species	Carex crawei Dewey – crawe sedge, Crawe's sedge
	Species	Carex crawfordii Fernald – Crawford's sedge
	Species	Carex crebriflora Wiegand – coastalplain sedge, coastal plain sedge
	Species	Carex crinita Lam. – fringed sedge
	Species	Carex X crinitoides Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex cristatella Britton – crested sedge
	Species	Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze – ravenfoot sedge
	Species	Carex cryptolepis Mack. – northeastern sedge
	Species	Carex cumberlandensis Naczi, Kral & Bryson – Cumberland sedge
	Species	Carex cumulata (L.H. Bailey) Fernald – clustered sedge
	Species	Carex curatorum Stacey – canyonlands sedge, Kaibab sedge
	Species	Carex cusickii Mack. ex Piper & Beattie – Cusick's sedge
	Species	Carex dasycarpa Muhl. – sandywoods sedge
	Species	Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr. – Davis' sedge
	Species	Carex davyi Mack. – Davy's sedge
	Species	Carex X deamii F.J. Herm. – Deam's sedge
	Species	Carex debilis Michx. – white edge sedge
	Species	Carex decomposita Muhl. – cypressknee sedge
	Species	Carex deflexa Hornem. – northern sedge
	Species	Carex densa (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey – dense sedge
	Species	Carex deweyana Schwein. – round-fruit short-scale sedge, Dewey's sedge, Dewey sedge
	Species	Carex diandra Schrank – lesser tussock sedge, lesser panicled sedge
	Species	Carex digitalis Willd. – slender wood sedge, slender woodland sedge
	Species	Carex diluta M. Bieb.
	Species	Carex dioica L.
	Species	Carex disperma Dewey – soft-leaf sedge, softleaved sedge, softleaf sedge
	Species	Carex distans L. – distant sedge
	Species	Carex distenta Kunze – widow's sedge
	Species	Carex disticha Huds. – tworank sedge
	Species	Carex divisa Huds. – separated sedge
	Species	Carex divulsa Stokes – grassland sedge
	Species	Carex douglasii Boott – Douglas sedge, Douglas' sedge
	Species	Carex X dumanii Lepage
	Species	Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey. – needleleaf sedge, spike-rush sedge
	Species	Carex ebenea Rydb. – ebony sedge
	Species	Carex eburnea Boott – bristle-leaf sedge, bristleleaf sedge
	Species	Carex echinata Murray – prickly sedge, star sedge
	Species	Carex edwardsiana E.L. Bridges & Orzell – Edwards Plateau sedge
	Species	Carex egglestonii Mack. – Eggleston sedge, Eggleston's sedge
	Species	Carex eleusinoides Turcz. ex Kunth – goosegrass sedge
	Species	Carex elliottii Schwein. & Torr. – Elliott's sedge
	Species	Carex elynoides T. Holm – black-root sedge, blackroot sedge
	Species	Carex emoryi Dewey – Emory's sedge
	Species	Carex endlichii Kük.
	Species	Carex engelmannii L.H. Bailey – Engelmann sedge, Engelmann's sedge
	Species	Carex epapillosa Mack. – different-nerve sedge
	Species	Carex exilis Dewey – coastal sedge
	Species	Carex X exsalina Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex exsiccata L.H. Bailey – beaked sedge, western inflated sedge
	Species	Carex extensa Gooden. – longbract sedge
	Species	Carex ferruginea Scop.
	Species	Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd. – fescue sedge
	Species	Carex feta L.H. Bailey – greensheath sedge
	Species	Carex filifolia Nutt. – threadleaf sedge
	Species	Carex X firmior (Norman) Holmb. – sedge
	Species	Carex fissa Mack. – hammock sedge
	Species	Carex fissuricola Mack. – canyon sedge, cleft sedge
	Species	Carex flacca Schreb. – heath sedge
	Species	Carex flaccosperma Dewey – thinfruit sedge
	Species	Carex flava L. – yellow sedge
	Species	Carex X flavicans F. Nyl. – sedge
	Species	Carex floridana Schwein. – Florida sedge
	Species	Carex foenea Willd. – dry-spike sedge, wind sedge, dryspike sedge
	Species	Carex folliculata L. – long sedge, northern long sedge
	Species	Carex formosa Dewey – handsome sedge
	Species	Carex fracta Mack. – fragile sheath sedge
	Species	Carex frankii Kunth – Frank's sedge
	Species	Carex fuirenoides Gaudich.
	Species	Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr – shortleaved sedge
	Species	Carex X fulva Gooden.
	Species	Carex garberi Fernald – Garber's sedge, elk sedge
	Species	Carex geophila Mack. – White Mountain sedge
	Species	Carex geyeri Boott – elk sedge, Geyer's sedge
	Species	Carex gholsonii Naczi & Cochrane
	Species	Carex gigantea Rudge – giant sedge
	Species	Carex glacialis Mack. – glacial sedge
	Species	Carex glareosa Schkuhr ex Wahlenb. – lesser saltmarsh sedge
	Species	Carex glaucescens Elliott – clustered sedge, southern waxy sedge
	Species	Carex glaucodea Tuck. ex Olney – blue sedge
	Species	Carex globosa Boott – roundfruit sedge
	Species	Carex gmelinii Hook. & Arn. – Gmelin's sedge
	Species	Carex godfreyi Naczi – Godfrey's sedge
	Species	Carex gracilescens Steud. – slender looseflower sedge
	Species	Carex gracilior Mack. – slender sedge
	Species	Carex gracillima Schwein. – graceful sedge
	Species	Carex X grantii A. Benn. – Grant's sedge
	Species	Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. – limestone-meadow sedge, limestone meadow sedge
	Species	Carex gravida L.H. Bailey – heavy sedge
	Species	Carex grayi J. Carey – Gray's sedge
	Species	Carex grisea Wahlenb. – inflated narrow-leaf sedge
	Species	Carex X groenlandica Lange (pro sp.) – Greenland sedge
	Species	Carex gynandra Schwein. – nodding sedge
	Species	Carex gynocrates Wormsk. ex Drejer – bog sedge, northern bog sedge
	Species	Carex gynodynama Olney – Olney's hairy sedge
	Species	Carex X haematolepis Drejer (pro sp.) – sedge
	Species	Carex halliana L.H. Bailey – Hall's sedge
	Species	Carex hallii Olney – deer sedge
	Species	Carex harfordii Mack. – Harford's sedge
	Species	Carex X hartii Dewey (pro sp.) – Hart's hybrid sedge
	Species	Carex hartmanii Cajander
	Species	Carex hassei L.H. Bailey – Hasse's sedge, saltsedge, salt sedge
	Species	Carex haydeniana Olney – cloud sedge, Hayden sedge, Hayden's sedge
	Species	Carex haydenii Dewey – cloud sedge, Hayden's sedge
	Species	Carex heleonastes L. f. – Hudson Bay sedge
	Species	Carex helleri Mack. – Sierra sedge, Heller's sedge
	Species	Carex X helvola Blytt (pro sp.) – sedge
	Species	Carex hendersonii L.H. Bailey – Henderson's sedge
	Species	Carex heteroneura W. Boott – different nerve sedge, nerve sedge, different-nerve sedge
	Species	Carex heterostachya Bunge – different-spike sedge, Fuller's sedge
	Species	Carex hirsutella Mack. – hirsute sedge, fuzzy wuzzy sedge
	Species	Carex hirta L. – hammer sedge
	Species	Carex hirtifolia Mack. – pubescent sedge
	Species	Carex hirtissima W. Boott – fuzzy sedge
	Species	Carex hitchcockiana Dewey – carex de Hitchcock, Hitchcock's sedge
	Species	Carex holostoma Drejer – arctic marsh sedge
	Species	Carex hoodii Boott – hood sedge, Hood's sedge
	Species	Carex hookerana Dewey – Hooker's sedge
	Species	Carex hordeistichos Vill.
	Species	Carex hormathodes Fernald – marsh straw sedge
	Species	Carex hostiana DC. – host sedge, carex de Host
	Species	Carex houghtoniana Torr. ex Dewey – Houghton's sedge
	Species	Carex houstonii Torr. – Houston's sedge
	Species	Carex hyalina Boott – tissue sedge
	Species	Carex hyalinolepis Steud. – shoreline sedge
	Species	Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd. – porcupine sedge, bottlebrush sedge
	Species	Carex idahoa L.H. Bailey – Idaho sedge
	Species	Carex illota L.H. Bailey – smallhead sedge, sheep sedge
	Species	Carex impressinervia Bryson, Kral & Manhart – ravine sedge
	Species	Carex incurviformis Mack. – coastal sand sedge
	Species	Carex infirminervia Naczi
	Species	Carex inops L.H. Bailey – longstolon sedge, long-stolon sedge
	Species	Carex integra Mack. – smoothbead sedge, smoothbeak sedge
	Species	Carex interior L.H. Bailey – inland sedge
	Species	Carex interrupta Boeckeler – greenfruit sedge
	Species	Carex intumescens Rudge – greater bladder sedge
	Species	Carex inversa R. Br. – knob sedge
	Species	Carex jamesii Schwein. – James' sedge
	Species	Carex jonesii L.H. Bailey – Jones sedge, Jones' sedge
	Species	Carex joorii L.H. Bailey – cypress swamp sedge
	Species	Carex X josephi-schmittii Raymond – Joseph Schmitt sedge
	Species	Carex juniperorum Catling, Reznicek & Crins – juniper sedge
	Species	Carex kauaiensis R.W. Krauss – Kauai sedge
	Species	Carex X kenaica Lepage – Kenai sedge
	Species	Carex klamathensis B.L. Wilson & Janeway
	Species	Carex X knieskernii Dewey (pro sp.) – Knieskern's sedge
	Species	Carex kobomugi Ohwi – Japanese sedge
	Species	Carex kraliana Naczi & Bryson
	Species	Carex krausei Boeckeler – Krause's sedge
	Species	Carex X kyyhkynenii Hidén (pro sp.)
	Species	Carex lachenalii Schkuhr – twotipped sedge
	Species	Carex lacustris Willd. – lakebank sedge, hairy sedge
	Species	Carex laeviconica Dewey – smooth-cone sedge, smoothcone sedge
	Species	Carex laeviculmis Meinsh. – smoothstem sedge
	Species	Carex laevivaginata (Kük.) Mack. – woolly sedge, smoothsheath sedge
	Species	Carex X langeana Fernald (pro sp.) – Lange's sedge
	Species	Carex lapponica O. Lang – Lapland sedge
	Species	Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. – woolly-fruit sedge, woollyfruit sedge
	Species	Carex latebracteata Waterf. – Waterfall's sedge
	Species	Carex lativena S.D. Jones & G.D. Jones – broadvein sedge
	Species	Carex laxa Wahlenb. – weak sedge
	Species	Carex laxiculmis Schwein. – spreading sedge, carex à tiges faibles
	Species	Carex laxiflora Lam. – broad looseflower sedge
	Species	Carex leavenworthii Dewey – Leavenworth's sedge
	Species	Carex lemmonii W. Boott – Lemmon's sedge
	Species	Carex lenticularis Michx. – shore sedge, tufted sedge, lakeshore sedge
	Species	Carex leporinella Mack. – Sierrahare sedge, hare sedge, Sierra hare sedge
	Species	Carex leptalea Wahlenb. – bristlestalked sedge, bristly-stalk sedge, bristlystalked sedge
	Species	Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald – nerveless woodland sedge
	Species	Carex leptopoda Mack. – shortscale sedge, taperfruit shortscale sedge
	Species	Carex limosa L. – mud sedge
	Species	Carex X limosoides J. Cay.
	Species	Carex liparocarpos Gaudin
	Species	Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd. – livid sedge
	Species	Carex loliacea L. – ryegrass sedge
	Species	Carex lonchocarpa Willd. – southern long sedge
	Species	Carex longii Mack. – Long's sedge
	Species	Carex louisianica L.H. Bailey – Louisiana sedge
	Species	Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link – Blue Ridge sedge
	Species	Carex lupuliformis Sartwell ex Dewey – false hop sedge, carex faux-lupulina
	Species	Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. – hop sedge
	Species	Carex lurida Wahlenb. – shallow sedge
	Species	Carex lutea LeBlond – golden sedge, sulphur sedge
	Species	Carex luzulifolia W. Boott – littleleaf sedge
	Species	Carex luzulina Olney – woodrush sedge
	Species	Carex lyngbyei Hornem. – Lyngbye's sedge
	Species	Carex mackenziei V.I. Krecz. – Mackenzie's sedge
	Species	Carex macloviana d'Urv. – falkland island sedge, thickhead sedge
	Species	Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng. – largehead sedge
	Species	Carex macrochaeta C.A. Mey. – longawn sedge
	Species	Carex magellanica Lam. – boreal bog sedge
	Species	Carex manhartii Bryson – Manhart's sedge
	Species	Carex marina Dewey – sea sedge
	Species	Carex mariposana L.H. Bailey ex Mack. – Mariposa sedge
	Species	Carex maritima Gunnerus – curved sedge
	Species	Carex X massonii Cay. & Lepage
	Species	Carex mckittrickensis P.W. Ball – Guadalupe Mountain sedge
	Species	Carex meadii Dewey – Mead sedge, Mead's sedge
	Species	Carex media R. Br. – closedhead sedge
	Species	Carex melanocarpa Cham.
	Species	Carex melanostachya M. Bieb. ex Willd. – Great Plains sedge
	Species	Carex membranacea Hook. – fragile sedge
	Species	Carex X mendica Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex mendocinensis Olney – Mendocino sedge
	Species	Carex merritt-fernaldii Mack. – Fernald's sedge
	Species	Carex mertensii J.D. Prescott ex Bong. – Mertens' sedge
	Species	Carex mesochorea Mack. – midland sedge
	Species	Carex meyenii Nees – Meyen's sedge
	Species	Carex michauxiana Boeckeler – Michaux's sedge
	Species	Carex michelii Host
	Species	Carex microchaeta T. Holm – smallawned sedge
	Species	Carex microdonta Torr. & Hook. – littletooth sedge
	Species	Carex microglochin Wahlenb. – fewseeded bog sedge
	Species	Carex micropoda C.A. Mey.
	Species	Carex microptera Mack. – ovalhead sedge, smallwing sedge
	Species	Carex X mirata Dewey (pro sp.)
	Species	Carex misera Buckley – wretched sedge
	Species	Carex missouriensis P. Rothr. & Reznicek – Missouri sedge
	Species	Carex mitchelliana M.A. Curtis – Mitchell's sedge
	Species	Carex molesta Mack. ex Bright – troublesome sedge
	Species	Carex molestiformis Reznicek & P. Rothr. – frightful sedge
	Species	Carex montis-eeka Hillebr. – Molokai sedge
	Species	Carex morrowii Boott
	Species	Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. – carex de Mühlenberg, Muhlenberg's sedge
	Species	Carex multicaulis L.H. Bailey – manystem sedge
	Species	Carex multicostata Mack. – manyrib sedge
	Species	Carex muricata L. – rough sedge
	Species	Carex muriculata F.J. Herm. – Schiede's sedge
	Species	Carex muskingumensis Schwein. – Muskingum sedge
	Species	Carex nardina Fr. – spike sedge
	Species	Carex X nearctica Raymond
	Species	Carex nebrascensis Dewey – Nebraska sedge
	Species	Carex nelsonii Mack. – Nelson sedge, Nelson's sedge
	Species	Carex X neobigelowii Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex X neofilipendula Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex X neomiliaris Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex X neorigida Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex nervina L.H. Bailey – nerved sedge, Sierra sedge
	Species	Carex neurophora Mack. – alpinenerved sedge, alpine nerved sedge, alpine nerve sedge
	Species	Carex nigra (L.) Reichard – smooth black sedge
	Species	Carex nigricans C.A. Mey. – black alpine sedge
	Species	Carex nigromarginata Schwein. – black edge sedge
	Species	Carex normalis Mack. – greater straw sedge
	Species	Carex norvegica Retz. – Scandinavian sedge, Norway sedge
	Species	Carex nova L.H. Bailey – new sedge, black sedge
	Species	Carex novae-angliae Schwein. – New England sedge
	Species	Carex nudata W. Boott – naked sedge
	Species	Carex obispoensis Stacey – San Luis Obispo sedge, San Luis sedge
	Species	Carex obnupta L.H. Bailey – slough sedge
	Species	Carex obtusata Lilj. – blunt sedge, obtuse sedge
	Species	Carex occidentalis L.H. Bailey – western sedge
	Species	Carex oklahomensis Mack. – Oklahoma sedge
	Species	Carex oligocarpa Schkuhr ex Willd. – eastern few-fruit sedge, carex à fruits clairsemés, richwoods sedge
	Species	Carex oligosperma Michx. – fewseed sedge
	Species	Carex X olneyi Boott – Olney's sedge
	Species	Carex X oneillii Lepage – O'Neill's sedge
	Species	Carex opaca (F.J. Herm.) P. Rothr. & Reznicek – Bicknell's sedge
	Species	Carex oreocharis T. Holm – summit sedge, grassyslope sedge
	Species	Carex ormostachya Wiegand – necklace spike sedge
	Species	Carex oronensis Fernald – Orono sedge
	Species	Carex otrubae Podp.
	Species	Carex ouachitana Kral, Manhart & Bryson – Ouachita Mountain sedge
	Species	Carex ovalis Gooden. – eggbract sedge
	Species	Carex oxylepis Torr. & Hook. – sharpscale sedge
	Species	Carex ozarkana P. Rothr. & Reznicek – Ozark sedge
	Species	Carex pachystachya Cham. ex Steud. – thickhead sedge, chamisso sedge
	Species	Carex pachystylis J. Gay
	Species	Carex paeninsulae Naczi, E.L. Bridges & Orzell
	Species	Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb. – chaffy sedge
	Species	Carex pallescens L. – pale sedge
	Species	Carex X paludivagans Drury (pro sp.) – sedge
	Species	Carex panicea L. – grasslike sedge, grass-like sedge
	Species	Carex paniculata L.
	Species	Carex X pannewitziana Figert – Pannewitz's sedge
	Species	Carex pansa L.H. Bailey – sanddune sedge
	Species	Carex parallela (Laest.) Sommerf. – parallel sedge
	Species	Carex parryana Dewey – Parry sedge, Parry's sedge
	Species	Carex X patuensis Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex pauciflora Lightf. – fewflower sedge
	Species	Carex paysonis Clokey – Payson sedge, Payson's sedge
	Species	Carex peckii Howe – Peck's sedge
	Species	Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd. – long-stalk sedge, longstalk sedge
	Species	Carex pellita Muhl. ex Willd. – woolly sedge
	Species	Carex pelocarpa F.J. Herm. – duskyseed sedge
	Species	Carex pendula Huds. – hanging sedge, sedge-grass
	Species	Carex pensylvanica Lam. – Penn sedge, Pennsylvania sedge
	Species	Carex perdentata S.D. Jones – sand sedge
	Species	Carex perglobosa Mack. – globe sedge
	Species	Carex X persalina Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex petasata Dewey – Liddon's sedge, Liddon sedge
	Species	Carex petricosa Dewey – rockdwelling sedge
	Species	Carex phaeocephala Piper – dunehead sedge, dunhead sedge
	Species	Carex X physocarpioides Lepage – russet sedge, sedge
	Species	Carex picta Steud. – Boott's sedge
	Species	Carex X pieperiana P. Junge – sedge
	Species	Carex pigra Naczi – Tarheel sedge
	Species	Carex pilulifera L.
	Species	Carex pityophila Mack. – loving sedge
	Species	Carex planispicata Naczi – flat-spiked sedge
	Species	Carex planostachys Kunze – cedar sedge
	Species	Carex plantaginea Lam. – plantainleaf sedge
	Species	Carex platyphylla J. Carey – broad-leaved sedge, broadleaf sedge
	Species	Carex pluriflora Hultén – manyflower sedge
	Species	Carex podocarpa R. Br. – shortstalk sedge
	Species	Carex polymorpha Muhl. – variable sedge
	Species	Carex polystachya Sw. ex Wahlenb. – Caribbean sedge
	Species	Carex praeceptorum Mack. – early sedge, teacher's sedge
	Species	Carex praegracilis W. Boott – slim sedge, clustered field sedge
	Species	Carex prairea Dewey ex Alph. Wood – prairie sedge
	Species	Carex prasina Wahlenb. – drooping sedge
	Species	Carex praticola Rydb. – northern meadow sedge, meadow sedge
	Species	Carex preslii Steud. – Presl's sedge
	Species	Carex projecta Mack. – necklace sedge
	Species	Carex proposita Mack. – Great Smoky Mountain sedge
	Species	Carex pseudocyperus L. – cypresslike sedge, cypress-like sedge
	Species	Carex X pseudohelvola Kihlm. (pro sp.) – sedge
	Species	Carex pulicaris L.
	Species	Carex pumila Thunb. – dwarf sedge
	Species	Carex purpurifera Mack. – purple sedge
	Species	Carex pyrenaica Wahlenb. – Pyrenean sedge
	Species	Carex X quebecensis Lepage – Quebec sedge
	Species	Carex X quirponensis Fernald – sedge
	Species	Carex radfordii Gaddy – Radford's sedge
	Species	Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small – eastern star sedge
	Species	Carex ramenskii Kom. – Ramensk's sedge
	Species	Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm. – looseflower alpine sedge
	Species	Carex raynoldsii Dewey – Raynolds sedge, Raynold's sedge, Raynolds' sedge
	Species	Carex recta Boott – estuary sedge
	Species	Carex X reducta Drejer (pro sp.) – sedge
	Species	Carex remota L.
	Species	Carex reniformis (L.H. Bailey) Small – kidneyshape sedge
	Species	Carex retroflexa Muhl. ex Willd. – reflexed sedge
	Species	Carex retrorsa Schwein. – retrorse sedge, knotsheath sedge
	Species	Carex reznicekii Werier
	Species	Carex richardsonii R. Br. – richardson sedge, carex de Richardson, Richardson sedge, Richardson's sedge
	Species	Carex roanensis F.J. Herm. – Roan Mountain sedge
	Species	Carex X rollandii Lepage – Rolland's sedge
	Species	Carex rosea Schkuhr ex Willd. – rosy sedge
	Species	Carex rossii Boott – Ross sedge, shortstemmed sedge, Ross's sedge, Ross' sedge
	Species	Carex rostrata Stokes – beaked sedge
	Species	Carex rotundata Wahlenb. – round sedge
	Species	Carex rufina Drejer – snowbed sedge
	Species	Carex rupestris All. – rock sedge, curly sedge
	Species	Carex ruthii Mack. – Ruth's sedge
	Species	Carex sabulosa Turcz. ex Kunth – Baikal sedge
	Species	Carex salina Wahlenb. – saltmarsh sedge
	Species	Carex X sardloqensis E. Dahl (pro sp.) – sedge
	Species	Carex sartwelliana Olney – Yosemite sedge
	Species	Carex sartwellii Dewey – carex de Sartwell, Sartwell sedge, Sartwell's sedge
	Species	Carex saxatilis L. – rock sedge
	Species	Carex X saxenii Raymond – Saxen's sedge
	Species	Carex saximontana Mack. – Rocky Mountain sedge
	Species	Carex scabrata Schwein. – eastern rough sedge
	Species	Carex scabriuscula Mack. – Siskiyou sedge
	Species	Carex scaposa C.B. Clarke
	Species	Carex X schatzii Kneuck.
	Species	Carex schiedeana Kunze – Schiede's sedge
	Species	Carex schottii Dewey – Schott's sedge
	Species	Carex schweinitzii Dewey ex Schwein. – Schweinitz's sedge
	Species	Carex scirpoidea Michx. – Canadian single-spike sedge, downy sedge, northern singlespike sedge
	Species	Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. – pointed broom sedge, broom sedge
	Species	Carex scopulorum T. Holm – Holm's Rocky Mountain sedge, mountain sedge
	Species	Carex sempervirens Vill.
	Species	Carex senta Boott – swamp sedge, swamp carex
	Species	Carex seorsa Howe – weak stellate sedge
	Species	Carex serpenticola Zika – serpentine sedge
	Species	Carex serratodens W. Boott – false flax, twotooth sedge
	Species	Carex sheldonii Mack. – Sheldon's sedge
	Species	Carex shinnersii P. Rothr. & Reznicek – Shinner's sedge
	Species	Carex shortiana Dewey – Short's sedge
	Species	Carex siccata Dewey – dryspike sedge
	Species	Carex silicea Olney – beach sedge
	Species	Carex simulata Mack. – shortbeak sedge, analogue sedge
	Species	Carex socialis Mohlenbr. & Schwegman – low woodland sedge
	Species	Carex X soerensenii Lepage – Soerensen's sedge
	Species	Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. – burr reed sedge, bur-reed sedge
	Species	Carex specifica L.H. Bailey – narrowfruit sedge
	Species	Carex spectabilis Dewey – showy sedge
	Species	Carex specuicola J.T. Howell – Navajo sedge
	Species	Carex spicata Huds. – prickly sedge
	Species	Carex X spiculosa Fr. (pro sp.) – sedge
	Species	Carex spissa L.H. Bailey – Bailey sedge, San Diego sedge
	Species	Carex sprengelii Dewey ex Spreng. – long-beak sedge, Sprengel sedge, Sprengel's sedge
	Species	Carex squarrosa L. – squarrose sedge
	Species	Carex stenocarpa Turcz. ex V.I. Krecz. – Asiatic sedge
	Species	Carex X stenolepis Less.
	Species	Carex stenoptila F.J. Herm. – riverbank sedge
	Species	Carex sterilis Willd. – dioecious sedge
	Species	Carex stevenii (T. Holm) Kalela – Steven's sedge
	Species	Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. – owlfruit sedge, sawbeak sedge, stalk-grain sedge, awlfruit sedge
	Species	Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr – eastern straw sedge
	Species	Carex straminiformis L.H. Bailey – Shasta sedge
	Species	Carex striata Michx. – Walter's sedge
	Species	Carex striatula Michx. – lined sedge
	Species	Carex stricta Lam. – uptight sedge, upright sedge
	Species	Carex styloflexa Buckley – bent sedge
	Species	Carex stylosa C.A. Mey. – variegated sedge
	Species	Carex subbracteata Mack. – smallbract sedge
	Species	Carex suberecta (Olney) Britton – prairie straw sedge
	Species	Carex subfusca W. Boott – brown sedge
	Species	Carex X subimpressa Clokey (pro sp.) – sedge
	Species	Carex subnigricans Stacey – black sedge, nearlyblack sedge
	Species	Carex X subpaleacea J. Cay.
	Species	Carex X subrecta J. Cay.
	Species	Carex X subreducta Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex X subsalina Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex subspathacea Wormsk. – Hoppner's sedge
	Species	Carex X subviridula Fernald – sedge
	Species	Carex X sullivantii Boott – Sullivant's sedge
	Species	Carex superata Naczi, Reznicek & B.A. Ford – Willdenow's sedge
	Species	Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb. – weak arctic sedge
	Species	Carex swanii (Fernald) Mack. – swan sedge, carex de Swan, Swan's sedge
	Species	Carex sychnocephala J. Carey – many-headed sedge, many-head sedge, manyhead sedge
	Species	Carex sylvatica Huds. – European woodland sedge
	Species	Carex tahoensis Smiley – Tahoe sedge
	Species	Carex tenax Chapm. ex Dewey – wire sedge
	Species	Carex tenera Dewey – quill sedge
	Species	Carex tenuiflora Wahlenb. – sparseflower sedge
	Species	Carex tetanica Schkuhr – rigid sedge
	Species	Carex tetrastachya Scheele – Britton's sedge
	Species	Carex texensis (Torr.) L.H. Bailey – Texas sedge
	Species	Carex thornei Naczi
	Species	Carex thunbergii Steud. – Maui sedge
	Species	Carex thurberi Dewey – Thurber's sedge
	Species	Carex timida Naczi & B.A. Ford
	Species	Carex tincta (Fernald) Fernald – tinged sedge
	Species	Carex tiogana D.W. Taylor & J.D. Mastrog. – Tioga Pass sedge
	Species	Carex tomentosa L.
	Species	Carex tompkinsii J.T. Howell – Thompkins' sedge
	Species	Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell – shaved sedge
	Species	Carex torreyi Tuck. – Torrey sedge, Torrey's sedge
	Species	Carex torta Boott ex Tuck. – twisted sedge
	Species	Carex triangularis Boeckeler – eastern fox sedge
	Species	Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. – blunt broom sedge
	Species	Carex X trichina Fernald – sedge
	Species	Carex trichocarpa Muhl. ex Willd. – hairy-fruit sedge, hairyfruit sedge
	Species	Carex triquetra Boott – triangularfruit sedge
	Species	Carex trisperma Dewey – threeseeded sedge
	Species	Carex tuckermanii Dewey – Tuckerman's sedge
	Species	Carex tumulicola Mack. – splitawn sedge
	Species	Carex turbinata Liebm. – turban sedge
	Species	Carex turgescens Torr. – pinebarren sedge, pine barren sedge
	Species	Carex typhina Michx. – cat-tail sedge, cattail sedge
	Species	Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willd. – parasol sedge
	Species	Carex X ungavensis Lepage – sedge
	Species	Carex unilateralis Mack. – lateral sedge
	Species	Carex ursina Dewey – bear sedge
	Species	Carex utriculata Boott – Northwest Territory sedge
	Species	Carex vacillans Drejer
	Species	Carex vaginata Tausch – sheathed sedge
	Species	Carex vallicola Dewey – valley sedge
	Species	Carex venusta Dewey – darkgreen sedge
	Species	Carex vernacula L.H. Bailey – spring sedge, native sedge
	Species	Carex verrucosa Muhl. – warty sedge
	Species	Carex vesicaria L. – inflated sedge, blister sedge
	Species	Carex vestita Willd. – velvet sedge
	Species	Carex vexans F.J. Herm. – Florida hammock sedge
	Species	Carex virescens Muhl. ex Willd. – ribbed sedge
	Species	Carex viridula Michx. – green sedge, little green sedge
	Species	Carex vulpina L.
	Species	Carex vulpinoidea Michx. – common fox sedge, fox sedge
	Species	Carex wahuensis C.A. Mey. – Oahu sedge
	Species	Carex waponahkikensis Lovit & A. Haines – Dawn-land sedge
	Species	Carex whitneyi Olney – Whitney's sedge, Whitney sedge
	Species	Carex wiegandii Mack. – Wiegand's sedge
	Species	Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd. – Willdenow's sedge
	Species	Carex williamsii Britton – Williams' sedge
	Species	Carex woodii Dewey – pretty sedge
	Species	Carex wootonii Mack. – Wooton sedge, Wooton's sedge
	Species	Carex X xanthocarpa Degland ex Loiseleur
	Species	Carex xerantica L.H. Bailey – white-scale sedge, whitescale sedge
	Species	Carex X zahnii Kneuck.

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Anton Reznicek
	Notes:	Curator of Vascular Plants, University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108-2228, USA
	Reference for:	Carex

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	ITIS*^ca, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	laîches[French], rouches [French]

	Source:	Cyperaceae of North America Update, database (version 2010)
	Acquired:	2010
	Notes:	Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)
	Reference for:	Carex

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Carex

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Carex

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Carex

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