2324 Species in Genus Carex

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A World of Sedges: My Exploration of the Carex Genus

I’ve always been drawn to the subtle beauty of grasses and their kin. The way they sway in the breeze, the textures they bring to a landscape, the quiet rustle of their leaves – these are things I find endlessly fascinating. And among these grass-like wonders, the genus Carex, the sedges, holds a special place in my heart.

Carex is a vast and diverse genus, with over 2,000 species spread across the globe. They thrive in a wide range of habitats, from wetlands and forests to meadows and mountaintops. This incredible diversity is part of what makes them so captivating. Every time I encounter a sedge, I’m presented with a new puzzle to solve, a new story to uncover.

Identifying the Unidentified

At first glance, sedges can be easily mistaken for grasses or rushes. But with a little practice, their unique characteristics become clear. One of the key features that distinguishes them is their triangular stems. If you roll a sedge stem between your fingers, you’ll feel the distinct three sides, unlike the round stems of grasses. Another helpful clue is the arrangement of their leaves, which are typically arranged in three ranks, spiraling around the stem.

Of course, identifying sedges to the species level can be quite challenging. There are minute differences in the structure of their flowers, fruits, and leaves that require careful observation and often the use of a magnifying glass or even a microscope. But this challenge is part of the appeal. It’s like being a detective, piecing together clues to unravel the identity of these understated plants.

Carex species

Carex × abitibiana Lepage
Carex aboriginum M.E.Jones
Carex × abortiva Holmb.
Carex abrupta Mack.
Carex abscondita Mack.
Carex acaulis d’Urv.
Carex accrescens Ohwi
Carex acicularis Boott
Carex acidicola Naczi
Carex acocksii C.Archer
Carex acuta L.
Carex acutata Boott
Carex acutiformis Ehrh.
Carex adelostoma V.I.Krecz.
Carex adrienii E.G.Camus
Carex × adulterina Chenevard
Carex adusta Boott
Carex aematorhyncha Desv.
Carex aequialta Kük.
Carex × aestivaliformis Mack.
Carex aestivalis M.A.Curtis ex A.Gray
Carex aethiopica Schkuhr
Carex agastachys L.f.
Carex agglomerata C.B.Clarke
Carex aggregata Mack.
Carex × akitaensis Fujiw.
Carex × akiyamana Ohwi
Carex alajica Litv.
Carex alascana Boeckeler
Carex alata Torr.
Carex alatauensis S.R.Zhang
Carex alba Scop.
Carex albata Boott ex Franch. & Sav.
Carex albert-smithii T.Koyama
Carex × alberti H.Lév.
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. Plant FAQs: Carex Albicans
Carex albidibasis T.Koyama
Carex albolutescens Schwein.
Carex albonigra Mack.
Carex alboviridis C.B.Clarke
Carex albula Allan
Carex albursina E.Sheld.
Carex algida Turcz. ex V.I.Krecz.
Carex allanii Hamlin
Carex alligata Boott
Carex alliiformis C.B.Clarke
Carex allivescens V.I.Krecz.
Carex × allolepis Rchb.
Carex × alluvialis Figert
Carex alma L.H.Bailey
Carex × almii Holmb.
Carex alopecoidea Tuck.
Carex alopecuroides D.Don
Carex × alsatica Zahn
Carex alsophila F.Muell.
Carex alta Boott
Carex altaica (Gorodkov) V.I.Krecz.
Carex alterniflora Franch.
Carex amgunensis F.Schmidt
Carex amicta Boott
Carex amphibola Steud. Plant FAQs: Amphibious Sedge – Carex Amphibola
Carex amplectens Mack.
Carex amplifolia Boott
Carex anbouensis Katsuy.
Carex andersonii Boott
Carex andina Phil.
Carex andringitrensis Cherm.
Carex angolensis Nelmes
Carex angusta (C.B.Clarke) Sameer Patil
Carex angustata Boott
Carex angustealata (Akiyama) S.Fujii & N.Kurosaki
Carex angustilepis Reznicek & S.González
Carex angustispica Reznicek & S.González
Carex angustisquama Franch.
Carex angustiutricula F.T.Wang & Tang ex L.K.Dai
Carex × aniaiensis Fujiw. & Y.Matsuda
Carex anisoneura V.I.Krecz.
Carex anisostachys Liebm.
Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell
Carex anomoea Hand.-Mazz.
Carex anthoxanthea J.Presl & C.Presl
Carex antoniensis A.Chev.
Carex antucensis Kunze ex Kunth
Carex aperta Boott
Carex aphanolepis Franch. & Sav.
Carex aphylla Kunth
Carex aphyllopus Kük.
Carex apoiensis Akiyama
Carex appalachica J.M.Webber & P.W.Ball Plant FAQs: Carex Appalachica
Carex appendiculata (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Kük.
Carex applanata Thorsen & de Lange
Carex appressa R.Br.
Carex appropinquata Schumach.
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
Carex × arakanei T.Koyama
Carex arapahoensis Clokey
Carex arcatica Meinsh.
Carex archeri Boott
Carex arcta Boott
Carex arctata Boott
Carex arctiformis Mack.
Carex arctogena Harry Sm.
Carex × arctophila F.Nyl.
Carex arenaria L.
Carex arenicola F.Schmidt
Carex argentina Barros
Carex argunensis Turcz. ex Trevir.
Carex argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex argyrantha Tuck. ex Boott
Carex aridula V.I.Krecz.
Carex arimaensis (Ohwi) T.Hoshino
Carex arisanensis Hayata
Carex aristatisquamata Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex aristulifera P.C.Li
Carex arizonica Licher, G.Rink & Reznicek
Carex arkansana (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
Carex arnellii Christ ex Scheutz
Carex arnottiana Nees ex Drejer
Carex arsenei Kük.
Carex × arthuriana C.L.Beckm. & Figert
Carex ascotreta C.B.Clarke ex Franch.
Carex aspericaulis (G.A.Wheeler) J.R.Starr
Carex asperifructus Kük.
Carex asraoi D.M.Verma
Carex assiniboinensis W.Boott
Carex astricta K.A.Ford
Carex asturica Boiss.
Carex asynchrona Naczi
Carex aterrima Hoppe
Carex atherodes Spreng.
Carex athrostachya Olney
Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey
Carex atlasica (H.Lindb.) Tattou
Carex atractodes F.J.Herm.
Carex atrata L.
Carex atratiformis Britton
Carex atrivaginata Nelmes
Carex atrofusca Schkuhr
Carex atrofuscoides K.T.Fu
Carex atropicta Steud.
Carex atrosquama Mack.
Carex auceps (de Lange & Heenan) K.A.Ford
Carex aucklandica (Hamlin) K.A.Ford
Carex augustinowiczii Meinsh.
Carex aurea Nutt.
Carex aureolensis Steud.
Carex auriculata Franch.
Carex × auroniensis L.C.Lamb.
Carex austrina Mack.
Carex austro-occidentalis F.T.Wang & Tang ex Y.C.Tang
Carex austroalpina Bech.
Carex austroamericana G.A.Wheeler
Carex austrocaroliniana L.H.Bailey
Carex austrocompacta K.L.Wilson
Carex austrodeflexa P.D.McMillan, Sorrie & van Eerden
Carex austrojacutensis Schekhovts.
Carex austrolucorum (Rettig) D.B.Poind. & Naczi
Carex austromexicana Reznicek
Carex austrosinensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
Carex austrosulcata K.L.Wilson
Carex austrotenella K.L.Wilson
Carex austrozhejiangensis C.Z.Zheng & X.F.Jin
Carex autumnalis Ohwi
Carex ayako-maedae T.Koyama
Carex aztecica Mack.
Carex baccans Nees
Carex backii Boott
Carex badilloi Luceño & Márq.-Corro
Carex baileyi Britton
Carex baimaensis S.W.Su
Carex baiposhanensis P.C.Li
Carex bajacalifornica Zika
Carex × bakkeriana D.T.E.Ploeg & Rudolphy
Carex balansae Franch.
Carex baldensis L.
Carex balfourii Kük.
Carex ballsii Nelmes
Carex baltzellii Chapm.
Carex bamaensis X.F.Jin & W.Jie Chen
Carex bambusetorum Merr.
Carex banksiana K.A.Ford
Carex banksii Boott
Carex baohuashanica Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex barbarae Dewey
Carex barbata Boott
Carex barbayaki Jim.Mejías & Roalson
Carex baronii Baker
Carex barrattii Torr. ex Schwein.
Carex basiantha Steud.
Carex basiflora C.B.Clarke
Carex basutorum (Turrill) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex bathiei H.Lév.
Carex bavicola Raymond
Carex bebbii (L.H.Bailey) Olney ex Fernald
Carex beckii G.A.Wheeler
Carex × beckmanniana Figert
Carex × beckmannii Keck
Carex bella L.H.Bailey
Carex × bengyana H.Lév. & L.C.Lamb.
Carex benkei Tak.Shimizu
Carex bequaertii De Wild.
Carex bermudiana Hemsl.
Carex berteroniana Steud.
Carex bhutanensis S.R.Zhang
Carex bichenoviana Boott
Carex bicknellii Britton & A.Br.
Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All.
Carex biegensis Cherm.
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
Carex × biharica Simonk.
Carex bijiangensis S.Yun Liang & S.R.Zhang
Carex bilateralis Hayata
Carex billingsii (O.W.Knight) Kirschb.
Carex biltmoreana Mack.
Carex × binderi Podp.
Carex binervis Sm.
Carex bistaminata (W.Z.Di & M.J.Zhong) S.R.Zhang
Carex bitchuensis T.Hoshino & H.Ikeda
Carex biwensis Franch.
Carex blakei Nelmes
Carex blanda Dewey Plant FAQs: Carex Blanda
Carex blepharicarpa Franch.
Carex blinii H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex bodinieri Franch.
Carex boecheriana Á.Löve, D.Löve & Raymond
Carex boelckeiana Barros
Carex × boenninghausiana Weihe
Carex × bogstadensis Kük.
Carex bohemica Schreb.
Carex bolanderi Olney
Carex × bolina O.Lang
Carex boliviensis Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
Carex bonanzensis Britton
Carex bonariensis Desf. ex Poir.
Carex bonatiana (Kük.) N.A.Ivanova
Carex bonplandii Kunth
Carex borbonica Lam.
Carex borealifujianica Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
Carex borealihinganica Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
Carex borealipolaris S.R.Zhang
Carex borii Nelmes
Carex boryana Schkuhr
Carex × bosoensis Yashiro
Carex bostrychostigma Maxim.
Carex brachyanthera Ohwi
Carex brachycalama Griseb.
Carex brachystachys Schrank
Carex bracteosa (Rchb.) Kunze ex Kunth
Carex bradei Gross
Carex brainerdii Mack.
Carex brandisii (C.B.Clarke ex Jana & R.C.Srivast.) O.Yano
Carex brasiliensis A.St.-Hil.
Carex brehmeri Boeckeler
Carex breviaristata K.T.Fu
Carex brevicaulis Thouars
Carex brevicollis DC.
Carex breviculmis R.Br.
Carex brevicuspis C.B.Clarke
Carex brevihispida X.F.Jin & Y.F.Lu
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell Plant FAQs: Carex Brevior – Short Carex
Carex breviprophylla O.Yano
Carex breviscapa C.B.Clarke
Carex brevispicula G.H.Nam & G.Y.Chung
Carex breweri Boott
Carex brizoides L.
Carex bromoides Willd.
Carex brongniartii Kunth
Carex brownii Tuck.
Carex brunnea Thunb.
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
Carex brunnipes Reznicek
Carex brysonii Naczi
Carex buchananii Berggr.
Carex bucharica Kük.
Carex buekii Wimm.
Carex bulbostylis Mack.
Carex bullata Willd.
Carex burangensis (Y.C.Yang) S.R.Zhang
Carex burchelliana Boeckeler
Carex burkei (C.B.Clarke) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex burttii Noltie
Carex bushii Mack.
Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.
Carex cabralii Reznicek & S.González
Carex caduca Boott
Carex caeligena Reznicek
Carex × caesariensis Mack.
Carex caespititia Nees
Carex calcicola Tang & F.T.Wang
Carex calcifugens Naczi
Carex calcis K.A.Ford
Carex californica L.H.Bailey
Carex callista Nelmes
Carex callitrichos V.I.Krecz.
Carex cambodiensis Nelmes
Carex camposii Boiss. & Reut.
Carex camptoglochin V.I.Krecz.
Carex canariensis Kük.
Carex × candrianii Kneuck.
Carex canescens L.
Carex canina Dunn
Carex capensis Thunb.
Carex capillacea Boott
Carex capillaris L.
Carex capilliculmis S.R.Zhang
Carex capillifolia (Decne.) S.R.Zhang
Carex capilliformis Franch.
Carex capitata Sol.
Carex capitellata Boiss. & Balansa
Carex capricornis Meinsh. ex Maxim.
Carex cardiolepis Nees
Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey
Carex × cariei Aubin
Carex caroliniana Schwein.
Carex carsei Petrie
Carex caryophyllea Latourr.
Carex castanea Wahlenb.
Carex castanostachya K.Schum. ex Kük.
Carex castroviejoi Luceño & Jim.Mejías
Carex catamarcensis C.B.Clarke ex Kük.
Carex cataphyllodes Nelmes
Carex cataractae R.Br.
Carex catharinensis Boeckeler
Carex caucasica Steven
Carex caudata (Kük.) Pereda & Laínz
Carex caudispicata F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex cavaleriensis H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex caxinensis F.J.Herm.
Carex × cayouettei A.Bergeron
Carex celebica Kük.
Carex × cenantha A.E.Kozhevn.
Carex cephaloidea (Dewey) Dewey ex Boott
Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex cephalotes F.Muell.
Carex cercidascus C.B.Clarke
Carex cercostachys Franch.
Carex cespitosa L.
Carex × cetica Rech.
Carex ceylanica Boeckeler
Carex chalciolepis Holm
Carex chapmanii Steud.
Carex chathamica Petrie
Carex cheesemanniana (Boeckeler) K.A.Ford
Carex cheniana Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
Carex chermezonii Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex cherokeensis Schwein. Plant FAQs: Carex Cherokeensis – Cherokee Sedge
Carex chiapensis F.J.Herm.
Carex chichijimensis Katsuy.
Carex chihuahuensis Mack.
Carex chikungana L.H.Bailey
Carex chilensis Brongn.
Carex chinensis Retz.
Carex chinganensis Litv.
Carex chinoi Ohwi ex T.Koyama
Carex chiovendae Pamp.
Carex chiwuana F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex chlorantha R.Br.
Carex chlorocephalula F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex chlorolepis Steud.
Carex chlorosaccus C.B.Clarke
Carex chlorostachys Steven
Carex chordalis Liebm.
Carex chordorrhiza L.f.
Carex chosenica Ohwi
Carex chrysolepis Franch. & Sav.
Carex chuii Nelmes
Carex chungii Z.P.Wang
Carex ciliatomarginata Nakai
Carex cilicica Boiss.
Carex cinerascens Kük.
Carex circinata C.A.Mey.
Carex cirrhosa Berggr.
Carex cirrhulosa Nees
Carex × clausa Holmb.
Carex clavata Thunb.
Carex clavispica S.R.Zhang
Carex clivorum Ohwi
Carex cochinchinensis Raymond
Carex cochranei Reznicek
Carex cockayneana Kük.
Carex cognata Kunth
Carex colchica J.Gay
Carex colensoi Boott
Carex collimitanea V.I.Krecz.
Carex collinsii Nutt.
Carex collumanthus (Steyerm.) L.E.Mora
Carex comans Berggr.
Carex commixta Steud.
Carex communis L.H.Bailey
Carex comosa Boott
Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.
Carex complexa Reznicek & S.González
Carex composita Boott
Carex concava H.B.Yang, Xiao X.Li & G.D.Liu
Carex concinna R.Br.
Carex concinnoides Mack.
Carex condensata Nees
Carex conferta Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Carex confertiflora Boott
Carex congdonii L.H.Bailey
Carex congestiflora Reznicek & S.González
Carex congolensis Turrill
Carex conica Boott
Carex conicoides Honda
Carex coninux (F.T.Wang & Tang) S.R.Zhang
Carex conjuncta Boott
Carex × connectens Holmb.
Carex conoidea Willd.
Carex consanguinea Kunth
Carex conspecta Mack.
Carex conspissata V.I.Krecz.
Carex constanceana Stacey
Carex continua C.B.Clarke
Carex contracta F.Muell.
Carex cordillerana Saarela & B.A.Ford
Carex cordouei H.Lév.
Carex coriacea Hamlin
Carex coriogyne Nelmes
Carex coriophora Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Kunth
Carex corrugata Fernald
Carex × corstorphinei Druce
Carex cortesii Liebm.
Carex corynoidea K.A.Ford
Carex × costei Rouy
Carex coulteri Boott ex Hemsl.
Carex courtallensis Nees ex Boott
Carex coxiana Petrie
Carex cranaocarpa Nelmes
Carex craspedotricha Nelmes
Carex crassibasis H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex crassiflora Kük.
Carex crassipes Boeckeler
Carex crawei Dewey ex Torr.
Carex crawfordii Fernald
Carex crebra V.I.Krecz.
Carex crebriflora Wiegand
Carex cremnicola K.A.Ford
Carex cremostachys Franch.
Carex × crepinii Torges
Carex cretica Gradst. & J.Kern
Carex crinalis Boott
Carex crinita Lam.
Carex × crinitoides Lepage
Carex crispa K.A.Ford
Carex cristatella Britton
Carex cruciata Wahlenb.
Carex cruenta Nees
Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze
Carex × cryptochlaena Holm
Carex cryptolepis Mack.
Carex cryptosperma Zika, D.S.Bell & L.J.Gross
Carex cryptostachys Brongn.
Carex × csomadensis Simonk.
Carex cubensis Kük.
Carex cuchumatanensis Standl. & Steyerm.
Carex cucullata (Kük.) Ohwi
Carex culmenicola Steyerm.
Carex cumberlandensis Naczi, Kral & Bryson
Carex cumulata (L.H.Bailey) Mack.
Carex curaica Kunth
Carex curatorum Stacey
Carex curta Gooden.
Carex curticeps C.B.Clarke
Carex curtispica K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
Carex curvata Knaf
Carex curvicollis Franch. & Sav.
Carex curviculmis Reznicek
Carex curvula All.
Carex cusickii Mack.
Carex cuspidosa Dunn
Carex cyanea K.A.Ford
Carex cylindrostachys Franch.
Carex cyprica Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
Carex cyrtostachya Janeway & Zika
Carex dabieensis S.W.Su
Carex dacica Heuff.
Carex dahurica Kük.
Carex dailingensis Y.L.Chou
Carex daisenensis Nakai
Carex dallii Kirk
Carex daltoni Boott
Carex damiaoshanensis X.F.Jin & C.Z.Zheng
Carex damingshanica Z.C.Lu & X.F.Jin
Carex × danielis H.Lév.
Carex dapanshanica X.F.Jin, Y.J.Zhao & Zi L.Chen
Carex darwinii Boott
Carex dasycarpa Muhl.
Carex davalliana Sm.
Carex david-smithii Reznicek
Carex davidi Franch.
Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr.
Carex davyi Mack.
Carex dawsonii (Hamlin) K.L.Wilson
Carex daxinensis Y.Y.Zhou & X.F.Jin
Carex dayuongensis Z.P.Wang
Carex × deamii F.J.Herm.
Carex deasyi (C.B.Clarke) O.Yano & S.R.Zhang
Carex debeauxii H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex debilior (F.Muell.) K.L.Wilson
Carex debilis Michx.
Carex decidua Boott
Carex deciduisquama F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex declinata Boott
Carex × decolorans Wimm.
Carex decomposita Muhl.
Carex decora Boott
Carex decurtata Cheeseman
Carex deflexa Hornem.
Carex × deinbolliana J.Gay
Carex delacosta Kuntze
Carex delavayi Franch.
Carex delicata C.B.Clarke
Carex delongii Shekhovts. & Lashch.
Carex demissa Hornem.
Carex densa (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
Carex densicaespitosa L.K.Dai
Carex densifimbriata Tang & F.T.Wang
Carex densipilosa C.Z.Zheng & X.F.Jin
Carex dentata Reznicek & S.González
Carex depauperata Curtis ex Woodw.
Carex depressa Link
Carex deqinensis L.K.Dai
Carex derelicta Štěpánková
Carex × descendens Kük.
Carex × deserta Merino
Carex desponsa Boott
Carex devia Cheeseman
Carex deweyana Schwein.
Carex dianae Steud.
Carex diandra Schrank
Carex diaoluoshanica H.B.Yang, G.D.Liu & Qing L.Wang
Carex diastena V.I.Krecz.
Carex dickinsii Franch. & Sav.
Carex dielsiana Kük.
Carex digitalis Willd.
Carex digitata L.
Carex dikei (Nelmes) K.L.Wilson
Carex diluta M.Bieb.
Carex diminuta Boeckeler
Carex dimorpholepis Steud.
Carex dioica L.
Carex diplodon Nelmes
Carex dipsacea Berggr.
Carex discoidea Boott
Carex dispalata Boott
Carex disperma Dewey
Carex dissita Sol. ex Boott
Carex dissitiflora Franch.
Carex distachya Desf.
Carex distans L.
Carex distentiformis F.J.Herm.
Carex disticha Huds.
Carex distincta (Kukkonen) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex distracta C.B.Clarke
Carex divisa Huds.
Carex divulsa Stokes Plant FAQs: Carex Divulsa
Carex doenitzii Boeckeler
Carex doisutepensis T.Koyama
Carex dolichocarpa C.A.Mey. ex V.I.Krecz.
Carex dolichophylla J.R.Starr
Carex dolichostachya Hayata
Carex dolomitica Heenan & de Lange
Carex doniana Spreng.
Carex donnell-smithii L.H.Bailey
Carex × doroyuensis K.Nagas., S.Sakag. & K.Sawa
Carex douglasii Boott
Carex drepanorhyncha Franch.
Carex druceana Hamlin
Carex drucei (Hamlin) K.A.Ford
Carex drukyulensis (Noltie) Jim.Mejías & Noltie
Carex drymophila Turcz.
Carex × ducellieri Beauverd
Carex × duereriana Kük.
Carex × dufftii Hausskn.
Carex × dumanii Lepage
Carex durangensis Reznicek & S.González
Carex durieui Steud. ex Kunze
Carex duriuscula C.A.Mey.
Carex dusenii Kük. ex Dusén
Carex duvaliana Franch. & Sav.
Carex earistata F.T.Wang & Y.L.Chang ex S.Yun Liang
Carex ebenea Rydb.
Carex eburnea Boott Plant FAQs: Carex Eburnea – Ivory Sedge
Carex echinata Murray
Carex echinochloe Kunze
Carex echinodes (Fernald) P.Rothr., Reznicek & Hipp
Carex echinus Ohwi
Carex ecklonii Nees
Carex ecostata C.B.Clarke
Carex ecuadorensis (G.A.Wheeler & Goetgh.) J.R.Starr
Carex ecuadorica Kük.
Carex edgariae Hamlin
Carex edura K.A.Ford
Carex edwardsiana E.L.Bridges & Orzell
Carex egena H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex egglestonii Mack.
Carex egmontiana (Hamlin) K.A.Ford
Carex egorovae Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
Carex ekmanii Kük.
Carex × elanescens Cif. & Giacom.
Carex elata All.
Carex elatior Boeckeler
Carex eleusinoides Turcz. ex Kunth
Carex elgonensis Nelmes
Carex elingamita Hamlin
Carex × elisabethae J.Andres, Carbo, Llamas & M.Perez
Carex elliottii Schwein. & Torr.
Carex elongata L.
Carex eluta Nelmes
Carex elynoides Holm
Carex × elytroides Fr.
Carex eminens Nees
Carex × emmae L.Gross
Carex emoryi Dewey
Carex enanderi Hultén
Carex endlichii Kük.
Carex enervis C.A.Mey.
Carex engelmannii L.H.Bailey
Carex enneastachya C.B.Clarke
Carex enokii Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
Carex enysii Petrie
Carex erawinensis Korotky
Carex erebus K.A.Ford
Carex ereica Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex eremopyroides V.I.Krecz.
Carex eremostachya S.T.Blake
Carex ericetorum Pollich
Carex erinacea Cav.
Carex eriocarpa Hausskn. & Kük.
Carex erythrobasis H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex erythrorrhiza Boeckeler
Carex erythrovaginata K.A.Ford
Carex esbirajbhandarii (Rajbh. & H.Ohba) O.Yano
Carex esenbeckii Kunth
Carex esquiroliana H.Lév.
Carex esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex euprepes Nelmes
Carex evadens S.González & Reznicek
Carex × evoluta Hartm.
Carex excelsa Poepp. ex Kunth
Carex exilis Dewey
Carex × exsalina Lepage
Carex exsiccata L.H.Bailey
Carex extensa Gooden.
Carex fangiana X.F.Jin & Y.Y.Zhou
Carex fargesii Franch.
Carex fascicularis Sol. ex Boott
Carex fastigiata Franch.
Carex fatsuaniana X.F.Jin, Y.F.Lu & Z.C.Lu
Carex × favratii Christ
Carex feani F.Br.
Carex fecunda Steud.
Carex feddeana H.Pfeiff.
Carex fedia Nees
Carex × felixii L.C.Lamb.
Carex fenghuangshanica F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex × ferdinandi-sauteri Asch. & Graebn.
Carex fernaldiana H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex fernandesiana (Nees ex Boeckeler) J.R.Starr
Carex fernandezensis Mack. ex G.A.Wheeler
Carex ferruginea Scop.
Carex festivelloides Reznicek
Carex festucacea Willd.
Carex feta L.H.Bailey
Carex fibrillosa Franch. & Sav.
Carex × figertii Asch. & Graebn.
Carex filamentosa Petrie
Carex filicina Nees
Carex filifolia Nutt.
Carex filipedunculata S.W.Su
Carex filipes Franch. & Sav.
Carex filispica S.R.Zhang
Carex × filkukae Podp.
Carex fimbriata Schkuhr
Carex finitima Boott
Carex firma Mygind ex Host
Carex firmicaulis Kalela
Carex × firmior (Norman) Holmb.
Carex firmula (Kük.) J.R.Starr
Carex fischeri K.Schum.
Carex fissa Mack.
Carex fissiglumis (C.B.Clarke) S.R.Zhang & O.Yano
Carex fissirostris Ball
Carex fissuricola Mack.
Carex flabellata H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex flacca Schreb.
Carex flaccida (S.T.Blake) K.L.Wilson
Carex flaccosperma Dewey
Carex flagellifera Colenso
Carex flava L.
Carex × flavicans (F.Nyl.) F.Nyl.
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flavocuspis Franch. & Sav.
Carex flexirostris Reznicek
Carex floridana Schwein.
Carex fluviatilis Boott
Carex foenea Willd.
Carex foetida All.
Carex fokienensis Dunn
Carex foliosissima F.Schmidt
Carex folliculata L.
Carex foraminata C.B.Clarke
Carex foraminatiformis Y.C.Tang & S.Yun Liang
Carex forficula Franch. & Sav.
Carex formosa Dewey
Carex formosensis H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex forrestii Kük.
Carex forsteri Wahlenb.
Carex fossa G.A.Wheeler
Carex fracta Mack.
Carex fragilis Boott
Carex × fragosoana Pau
Carex frankii Kunth
Carex fraseriana Ker Gawl.
Carex fretalis Hamlin
Carex × fridtzii Holmb.
Carex × friesii Blytt
Carex frigida All.
Carex fritschii Waisb.
Carex fructus Reznicek
Carex fucata Boott ex C.B.Clarke
Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr
Carex fulta Franch.
Carex × fulva Gooden.
Carex fulvorubescens Hayata
Carex fumosimontana D.Estes
Carex × furusei T.Koyama
Carex furva Webb
Carex fuscolutea Boeckeler
Carex fuscula d’Urv.
Carex fusiformis Nees
Carex × fussii Simonk.
Carex gammiei (C.B.Clarke) S.R.Zhang & O.Yano
Carex gandakiensis Katsuy.
Carex garberi Fernald
Carex gaudichaudiana Kunth
Carex × gaudiniana Guthnick
Carex gayana Desv.
Carex gemella Hochst. ex Steud.
Carex geminata Schkuhr
Carex genkaiensis Ohwi
Carex gentilis Franch.
Carex geographica B.A.Ford & J.R.Starr
Carex geophila Mack.
Carex × gerhardtii Figert
Carex geyeri Boott
Carex gholsonii Naczi & Cochrane
Carex gibba Wahlenb.
Carex gibbsiae Rendle
Carex gibertii G.A.Wheeler
Carex gifuensis Franch.
Carex gigantea Rudge
Carex × ginsiensis Waisb.
Carex giovanniana Jim.Mejías
Carex giraldiana Kük.
Carex giraudiasii H.Lév.
Carex glabrescens (Kük.) Ohwi
Carex glacialis Mack.
Carex glareosa Schkuhr ex Wahlenb.
Carex glaucescens Elliott
Carex glauciformis Meinsh.
Carex glaucodea Tuck. ex Olney
Carex globistylosa P.C.Li
Carex globosa Boott
Carex globularis L.
Carex globulosa Phulphong & D.A.Simpson
Carex glomerata Thunb.
Carex glossostigma Hand.-Mazz.
Carex gmelinii Hook. & Arn.
Carex godfreyi Naczi
Carex goetghebeurii J.R.Starr
Carex goligongshanensis P.C.Li
Carex gonggaensis P.C.Li
Carex gongshanensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex Y.C.Yang
Carex gordon-grayae Luceño, Márq.-Corro & Sánchez-Villegas
Carex gotoi Ohwi
Carex goyenii Petrie
Carex gracilenta Boott ex Boeckeler
Carex graciliflora Dunn
Carex gracilior Mack.
Carex gracillima Schwein.
Carex graeffeana Boeckeler
Carex × grahamii Boott
Carex grallatoria Maxim.
Carex graminiculmis T.Koyama
Carex graminifolia Cherm.
Carex grandiligulata Kük.
Carex × grantii A.Benn.
Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex gravida L.H.Bailey
Carex grayi J.Carey Plant FAQs: Carex Grayi
Carex greenwayi Nelmes
Carex grioletii Roem. ex Schkuhr
Carex grisea Wahlenb.
Carex × groenlandica Lange
Carex × grossii Fiek
Carex guatemalensis F.J.Herm.
Carex guffroyi H.Lév. & H.Perrier
Carex gunniana Boott
Carex gynandra Schwein.
Carex gynodynama Olney
Carex gypsophila Reznicek & S.González
Carex hachijoensis Akiyama
Carex × haematolepis Drejer
Carex haematopus Jim.Mejías & Roalson
Carex haematosaccus C.B.Clarke
Carex haematostoma Nees
Carex × hageri E.Baumann
Carex hakkodensis Franch.
Carex hakonemontana Katsuy.
Carex hakonensis Franch. & Sav.
Carex halleriana Asso
Carex halliana L.H.Bailey
Carex hallii Olney
Carex × halophila F.Nyl.
Carex hamata Sw.
Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
Carex hanamninhensis N.K.Khoi
Carex × hanasakensis T.Koyama
Carex hancockiana Maxim.
Carex handel-mazzettii (N.A.Ivanova) S.R.Zhang
Carex handelii Kük.
Carex hanensis Dunn
Carex hangtongensis H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex × hanseniana Junge
Carex hansenii (Lewej. & Lobin) Rivas Mart., Lousã, J.C.Costa & Maria C.Duarte
Carex harae (Rajbh. & H.Ohba) O.Yano
Carex harfordii Mack.
Carex harlandii Boott
Carex harrysmithii Kük.
Carex × hartii Dewey
Carex hartmaniorum A.Cajander
Carex hashimotoi Ohwi
Carex hassei L.H.Bailey
Carex hattoriana Nakai ex Tuyama
Carex hatuyenensis N.K.Khoi
Carex haydeniana Olney
Carex haydenii Dewey
Carex healyi K.A.Ford
Carex hebecarpa C.A.Mey.
Carex hebes Nelmes
Carex hebetata Boott
Carex hectorii Petrie
Carex × helenae Jac.Koopman, Beusekom & Waltje
Carex heleonastes Ehrh. ex L.f.
Carex helferi Boeckeler
Carex helingeeriensis L.Q.Zhao & Jie Yang
Carex helleri Mack.
Carex helodes Link
Carex × helvola Blytt
Carex hemineuros T.Koyama
Carex hendersonii L.H.Bailey
Carex henryi (C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama
Carex herbacoeli Jim.Mejías & Roalson
Carex hermannii Cochrane
Carex herteri G.A.Wheeler
Carex heshuonensis S.Yun Liang
Carex heterodoxa Cherm.
Carex heterolepis Bunge
Carex heteroneura S.Watson
Carex × heterophyta Holmb.
Carex heterostachya Bunge
Carex heudesii H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex hezhouensis H.Wang & S.N.Wang
Carex × hibernica A.Benn.
Carex hilairei Boott
Carex hilaireioides C.B.Clarke ex Kük.
Carex hildebrandtiana Boeckeler
Carex himalaica T.Koyama
Carex hinnulea C.B.Clarke
Carex hirsutella Mack.
Carex hirta L.
Carex hirtelloides (Kük.) F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex hirticaulis P.C.Li
Carex hirtifolia Mack.
Carex hirtifructus Kük.
Carex hirtigluma C.B.Clarke
Carex hirtissima W.Boott
Carex hirtiutriculata L.K.Dai
Carex hispida Willd. ex Schkuhr
Carex hitchcockiana Dewey
Carex hochstetteriana J.Gay ex Seub.
Carex hohxilensis (R.F.Huang) S.R.Zhang
Carex hokarsarensis E.U.Haq & Dar
Carex holmgreniorum Reznicek & D.F.Murray
Carex holostoma Drejer
Carex holotricha Ohwi
Carex hondoensis Ohwi
Carex honglinii Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
Carex hongnoensis H.Lév.
Carex hongyuanensis Y.C.Tang & S.Yun Liang
Carex hoodii Boott
Carex hookeri Kunth
Carex hookeriana Dewey
Carex hoozanensis Hayata
Carex hopeiensis F.T.Wang & Tang
Carex hordeistichos Vill.
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Carex hormathodes Fernald
Carex horsfieldii Boott
Carex × hosoii T.Koyama
Carex hostiana DC.
Carex houghtoniana Torr. ex Dewey
Carex hovarum Cherm.
Carex huangshanica X.F.Jin & W.J.Chen
Carex huanjiangensis S.Yun Liang ex Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
Carex huashanica Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex hubbardii Nelmes
Carex huehueteca Standl. & Steyerm.
Carex hughii S.R.Zhang
Carex hultenii Aspl.
Carex humahuacaensis G.A.Wheeler
Carex humbertiana Ohwi
Carex humbertii Cherm.
Carex humboldtiana Steud.
Carex humida Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
Carex humilis Leyss.
Carex humpatensis H.E.Hess
Carex huolushanensis P.C.Li
Carex husnotiana H.Lév.
Carex hwangii Matsuda
Carex hyalina Boott
Carex hyalinolepis Steud.
Carex hymenodon Ohwi
Carex hymenolepis Nees
Carex hypandra F.Muell. ex Benth.
Carex hypaneura V.I.Krecz.
Carex hypochlora Freyn
Carex hypoleucos É.Desv.
Carex hypolytroides Ridl.
Carex hypsipedos C.B.Clarke
Carex hypsobates Nelmes
Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex idaea Greuter, Matthäs & Risse
Carex idahoa L.H.Bailey
Carex idzuroei Franch. & Sav.
Carex ignota Dewey
Carex iljinii V.I.Krecz.
Carex illegitima Ces.
Carex illota L.H.Bailey
Carex × ilseana Ruhmer
Carex × imandrensis Kihlm. ex Hjelt
Carex imbecilla K.A.Ford
Carex imbecillis (Ohwi) Katsuy.
Carex impexa K.A.Ford
Carex impressinervia Bryson, Kral & Manhart
Carex inagawaensis J.Oda & M.N.Tamura
Carex inanis Kunth
Carex incisa Boott
Carex inclinis Boott ex C.B.Clarke
Carex incomitata K.R.Thiele
Carex incurviformis Mack.
Carex indica L.
Carex indiciformis F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex indistincta H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex indosinica Raymond
Carex indrakilica Sameer Patil
Carex infirminervia Naczi
Carex infuscata Nees
Carex inopinata V.J.Cook
Carex inops L.H.Bailey
Carex insaniae Koidz.
Carex insignis Boott
Carex insularis Carmich.
Carex integra Mack.
Carex interior L.H.Bailey
Carex × interjecta Waisb.
Carex interrupta Boeckeler
Carex intumescens Rudge
Carex inversa R.Br.
Carex inversonervosa Nelmes
Carex × involuta (Bab.) Syme
Carex iraqensis S.S.Hooper & Kukkonen
Carex ischnogyne Gilli
Carex ischnostachya Steud.
Carex × ishimaensis J.Oda, S.Kinosh. & Nagam.
Carex ivanovae T.V.Egorova
Carex ixtapalucensis Reznicek
Carex iynx Nelmes
Carex jacens C.B.Clarke
Carex jackiana Boott
Carex jacutica V.I.Krecz.
Carex × jaegeri F.W.Schultz
Carex jaluensis Kom.
Carex jamesii Schwein.
Carex jamesonii Boott
Carex jankowskii Gorodkov
Carex japonica Thunb.
Carex jeanpertii E.G.Camus
Carex jianfengensis H.B.Yang, Xiao X.Li & G.D.Liu
Carex jiaodongensis Y.M.Zhang & X.D.Chen
Carex jinfoshanensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
Carex jiuhuaensis S.W.Su
Carex jizhuangensis S.Yun Liang
Carex johnstonii Boeckeler
Carex jonesii L.H.Bailey
Carex joorii L.H.Bailey
Carex × josephi-schmittii Raymond
Carex jubozanensis J.Oda & A.Tanaka
Carex juniperorum Catling, Reznicek & Crins
Carex × justi-schmidtii Junge
Carex juvenilis C.B.Clarke ex E.G.Camus
Carex kabanovii V.I.Krecz.
Carex kagoshimensis Tak.Shimizu
Carex kaloides Petrie
Carex kanaii (Rajbh. & H.Ohba) S.R.Zhang & O.Yano
Carex kangdingensis S.R.Zhang
Carex kansuensis Nelmes
Carex kaoi Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
Carex karashidaniensis Akiyama
Carex karlongensis Kük.
Carex karoi Freyn
Carex kashmirensis C.B.Clarke
Carex × kattaeana Kük.
Carex kauaiensis R.W.Krauss
Carex kelloggii W.Boott
Carex × kenaica Lepage
Carex kermadecensis Petrie
Carex × kernii Jac.Koopman & Więcław
Carex × ketonensis Akiyama
Carex khasiana (Jana & V.S.Kumar) Kottaim.
Carex kiangsuensis Kük.
Carex killickii Nelmes
Carex kingii (R.Br. ex Boott) Reznicek
Carex kiotensis Franch. & Sav.
Carex kirganica Kom.
Carex kirinensis W.Wang & Y.L.Chang
Carex kirkii Petrie
Carex kitaibeliana Degen ex Bech.
Carex klamathensis B.L.Wilson & Janeway
Carex klaphakei K.L.Wilson
Carex × kneuckeri P.Fourn.
Carex × knieskernii Dewey
Carex knorringiae Kük. ex V.I.Krecz.
Carex kobomugi Ohwi
Carex kobresioidea (Kük.) S.R.Zhang
Carex koestlinii Hochst. ex Steud.
Carex × kohtsii K.Richt.
Carex kokanica (Regel) S.R.Zhang
Carex korkischkoae A.E.Kozhevn.
Carex korshinskyi Kom.
Carex koshewnikowii Litv.
Carex kotagirica Maji & V.P.Prasad
Carex koyaensis J.Oda & Nagam.
Carex × krajinae Domin
Carex kraliana Naczi & Bryson
Carex krascheninnikovii Kom. ex V.I.Krecz.
Carex krauseorum Boeckeler
Carex kreczetoviczii T.V.Egorova
Carex kuchunensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
Carex kucyniakii Raymond
Carex × kuekenthaliana Appel & A.Brückn.
Carex × kuekenthalii Dörfl. ex Zahn
Carex kujuzana Ohwi
Carex kukkoneniana Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex kulingana L.H.Bailey
Carex kumaonensis Kük.
Carex kunlunsanensis N.R.Cui
Carex kurdica Kük. ex Hand.-Mazz.
Carex × kurilensis Ohwi
Carex × kurogii K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
Carex kuzakaiensis (M.Kikuchi) K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
Carex kwangsiensis F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex × kyyhkynenii Hiitonen
Carex lachenalii Schkuhr
Carex lacistoma R.Br.
Carex × lackowitziana Aug.R.Paul
Carex lacustris Willd.
Carex laegaardii J.R.Starr
Carex laeta Boott
Carex laevicaulis Hochst. ex Seub.
Carex laeviconica Dewey
Carex laeviculmis Meinsh.
Carex laevigata Sm.
Carex laevissima Nakai
Carex laevivaginata (Kük.) Mack.
Carex lageniformis Nelmes
Carex × laggeri Wimm.
Carex lagunensis M.E.Jones
Carex lainzii Luceño, E.Rico & T.Romero
Carex lambertiana Boott
Carex lamprocarpa Phil.
Carex lamprochlamys S.T.Blake
Carex lancangensis S.Yun Liang
Carex lancea (Thunb.) Baill.
Carex lanceisquama (Hand.-Mazz.) V.I.Krecz.
Carex lanceolata Boott
Carex lancifolia C.B.Clarke
Carex lancisquamata L.K.Dai
Carex × langeana Fernald
Carex × langii Steud.
Carex lankana T.Koyama
Carex laosensis Nelmes
Carex lapazensis C.B.Clarke
Carex lapponica O.Lang
Carex larensis Steyerm.
Carex laricetorum Y.L.Chou
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh.
Carex lasiolepis Franch.
Carex latebracteata Waterf.
Carex latisquamea Kom.
Carex lativena S.D.Jones & G.D.Jones
Carex × lausii Podp.
Carex laxa Wahlenb.
Carex laxiculmis Schwein.
Carex laxiflora Lam.
Carex lazarei Jac.Koopman, Niketić, Wieclaw & Govaerts
Carex leavenworthii Dewey
Carex lechleriana (Steud.) J.R.Starr
Carex lectissima K.A.Ford
Carex ledebouriana C.A.Mey. ex Trevir.
Carex ledongensis H.B.Yang & G.D.Liu
Carex leersii F.W.Schultz
Carex lehmannii Drejer
Carex leiorhyncha C.A.Mey.
Carex lemanniana Boott
Carex lemmonii W.Boott
Carex lenta D.Don
Carex lenticularis Michx.
Carex lepida Boott
Carex lepidocarpa Tausch
Carex lepidochlamys (F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li) S.R.Zhang
Carex leporina L.
Carex leporinella Mack.
Carex leptalea Wahlenb.
Carex × leptoblasta Holmb.
Carex leptogyna T.Koyama
Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald
Carex leptopoda Mack.
Carex lessoniana Steud.
Carex leucantha Arn. ex Boott
Carex leucochlora Bunge
Carex × leutzii Kneuck.
Carex leviosa Míguez, Jim.Mejías, H.Schaef. & Martín-Bravo
Carex liangiana X.F.Jin & Y.F.Lu
Carex liangshanensis S.R.Zhang
Carex libera (Kük.) Hamlin
Carex × lidii Hadac
Carex ligata Boott
Carex × ligniciensis Figert
Carex ligulata Nees
Carex × limnicola H.Gross
Carex × limnogena Appel
Carex limosa L.
Carex limprichtiana Kük.
Carex × limula Fr.
Carex lindleyana Nees
Carex lingii F.T.Wang & Tang
Carex liouana F.T.Wang & Tang
Carex liparocarpos Gaudin
Carex lithophila Turcz.
Carex litorhyncha Franch.
Carex litorosa L.H.Bailey
Carex littledalei (C.B.Clarke) S.R.Zhang
Carex litvinovii Kük.
Carex liui T.Koyama & T.I.Chuang
Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.
Carex lobolepis F.Muell.
Carex lobulirostris Drejer
Carex loliacea L.
Carex lonchocarpa Willd. ex Spreng.
Carex lonchophora Ohwi
Carex longebrachiata Boeckeler
Carex longerostrata C.A.Mey.
Carex longhiensis Franch.
Carex longicaulis Boeckeler
Carex longicolla Tang & F.T.Wang ex Y.F.Deng
Carex longicruris Nees
Carex longiculmis Petrie
Carex longicuspis Boeckeler
Carex longifructus (Kük.) K.A.Ford
Carex longii Mack.
Carex longiligula Reznicek & S.González
Carex longipes D.Don
Carex longipetiolata Qing L.Wang, H.B.Yang & Y.F.Deng
Carex longispiculata Y.C.Yang
Carex longissima M.E.Jones
Carex longpanlaensis S.Yun Liang
Carex longshengensis Y.C.Tang & S.Yun Liang
Carex lophocarpa C.B.Clarke
Carex × loretii Rouy
Carex louisianica L.H.Bailey
Carex lowei Bech.
Carex lucennoiberica Maguilla & M.Escudero
Carex lucorum Willd.
Carex luctuosa Franch.
Carex × ludibunda J.Gay
Carex ludwigii (Hochst.) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex lupuliformis Sartwell ex Dewey
Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex lurida Wahlenb.
Carex luridiformis Mack. ex Reznicek & S.González
Carex lushanensis Kük.
Carex lutea LeBlond
Carex × luteola (Rchb.) Sendtn.
Carex luzulifolia W.Boott
Carex luzulina Olney
Carex lycurus K.Schum.
Carex lyngbyei Hornem.
Carex maackii Maxim.
Carex mabilliana (Rouy) Prain
Carex × macilenta F.Nyl.
Carex mackenziana Weath.
Carex mackenziei V.I.Krecz.
Carex macloviana d’Urv.
Carex macloviformis (G.A.Wheeler) J.R.Starr
Carex × macounii Dewey
Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.
Carex macrochaeta C.A.Mey.
Carex macroglossa Franch. & Sav.
Carex macrolepis DC.
Carex macrophyllidion Nelmes
Carex macroprophylla (Y.C.Yang) S.R.Zhang
Carex macrorrhiza Boeckeler
Carex macrosolen Steud.
Carex macrostachys Bertol.
Carex macrostigmatica Kük.
Carex macrostylos Lapeyr.
Carex macrotrichoides J.R.Starr
Carex maculata Boott
Carex madagascariensis Boeckeler
Carex madida J.R.Starr
Carex madrensis L.H.Bailey
Carex magacis Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
Carex magellanica Lam.
Carex magnoutriculata Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex × mainensis Porter
Carex mairei Coss. & Germ.
Carex makinoensis Franch.
Carex makuensis P.C.Li
Carex malaccensis C.B.Clarke
Carex malipoensis Yuan Y.Li & H.Peng
Carex mallae (Rajbh. & H.Ohba) O.Yano
Carex malmei Kalela
Carex malyschevii T.V.Egorova
Carex manca Boott
Carex manciformis C.B.Clarke ex Franch.
Carex mandoniana Boeckeler
Carex mandshurica Meinsh.
Carex manginii E.G.Camus
Carex manhartii Bryson
Carex mannii E.A.Bruce
Carex maolanensis Y.F.Deng & Xi X.Zhang
Carex maorica Hamlin
Carex maorshanica Y.L.Chou
Carex maquensis Y.C.Yang
Carex marahuacana Reznicek
Carex marianensis Stacey
Carex marina Dewey
Carex mariposana L.H.Bailey ex Mack.
Carex maritima Gunnerus
Carex markgrafii Kük.
Carex × marshallii A.Benn.
Carex martynenkoi Zolot.
Carex × massonii Cay. & Lepage
Carex matsumurae Franch.
Carex maubertiana Boott
Carex maximowiczii Miq.
Carex mayebarana Ohwi
Carex mckittrickensis P.W.Ball
Carex mcvaughii Reznicek
Carex meadii Dewey
Carex media R.Br.
Carex meeboldiana Kük.
Carex megalepis K.A.Ford
Carex meihsienica K.T.Fu
Carex meiocarpa H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex melanantha C.A.Mey.
Carex melananthiformis Litv.
Carex melanocarpa Cham. ex Trautv.
Carex melanocephala Turcz.
Carex melanocystis É.Desv.
Carex melanorrhyncha Nelmes
Carex melanosperma Liebm.
Carex melanostachya M.Bieb. ex Willd.
Carex melinacra Franch.
Carex membranacea Hook.
Carex × mendica Lepage
Carex mendocinensis Olney ex Boott
Carex meridensis (Steyerm.) J.R.Starr
Carex meridionalis (Kük.) Herter
Carex merritt-fernaldii Mack.
Carex mertensii J.D.Prescott ex Bong.
Carex merxmuelleri Podlech
Carex mesochorea Mack.
Carex mesophila Reznicek & S.González
Carex metallica H.Lév.
Carex meyenii Nees
Carex meyeriana Kunth
Carex michauxiana Boeckeler
Carex michelii Host
Carex michoacana Reznicek, Hipp & S.González
Carex micrantha Kük.
Carex microcarpa Bertol. ex Moris
Carex microchaeta Holm
Carex microdonta Torr.
Carex microglochin Wahlenb.
Carex micropoda C.A.Mey.
Carex microptera Mack.
Carex microrhyncha Mack.
Carex × microstachya Ehrh.
Carex × microstyla J.Gay ex Gaudin
Carex microtricha Franch.
Carex middendorffii F.Schmidt
Carex mildbraediana Kük.
Carex miliaris Michx.
Carex millsii Dunn
Carex mingrelica Kük.
Carex minor (Kük.) K.A.Ford
Carex minutiscabra Kük. ex V.I.Krecz.
Carex minutissima Barros
Carex minxianensis S.Yun Liang
Carex minxianica Y.C.Yang
Carex mira Kük.
Carex misera Buckley
Carex missouriensis P.Rothr. & Reznicek
Carex mitchelliana M.A.Curtis
Carex × mithala Callmé
Carex mitrata Franch.
Carex miyabei Franch.
Carex mochomuensis Katsuy.
Carex modesti M.Escudero, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías
Carex moesta Kunth
Carex molesta Mack.
Carex molestiformis Reznicek & Rothrock
Carex molinae Phil.
Carex mollicula Boott
Carex mollissima Christ ex Scheutz
Carex monodynama (Griseb.) G.A.Wheeler
Carex monostachya A.Rich.
Carex monotropa Nelmes
Carex montana L.
Carex × montanoaltaica Zolot.
Carex montis-eeka Hillebr.
Carex montis-everestii Kük.
Carex montis-wutaii T.Koyama
Carex moorcroftii Falc. ex Boott
Carex moorei G.A.Wheeler
Carex × moravica Repka & Rolecek
Carex morii Hayata
Carex × moriyoshiensis Fujiw. & Y.Matsuda
Carex morrowii Boott Plant FAQs: Carex Morrowii
Carex mosoynensis Franch.
Carex motuoensis Y.C.Yang
Carex moupinensis Franch.
Carex mucronata All.
Carex mucronatiformis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Yun Liang
Carex × mucronulata Holmb.
Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd.
Carex muelleri Petrie
Carex × muelleriana F.W.Schultz
Carex muliensis Hand.-Mazz.
Carex multicaulis L.H.Bailey
Carex multicostata Mack.
Carex multifaria (Nees ex Boott) J.R.Starr
Carex multifolia Ohwi
Carex multispicata Kunze
Carex multispiculata Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex munda Boott
Carex munipoorensis C.B.Clarke
Carex munroi Boott ex C.B.Clarke
Carex muricata L.
Carex muriculata F.J.Herm.
Carex × musashiensis Ohwi
Carex musei Steud.
Carex muskingumensis Schwein. Plant FAQs: Carex Muskingumensis
Carex myosuroides Vill.
Carex myosurus Nees
Carex nachiana Ohwi
Carex nairii Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.
Carex nakaoana T.Koyama
Carex nakasimae Ohwi
Carex nanchuanensis K.L.Chu ex S.Y.Liang
Carex nandadeviensis Ghildyal, U.C.Bhattach. & Hajra
Carex nangtciangensis Pamp.
Carex nanpingensis X.F.Jin
Carex nardina (Hornem.) Fr.
Carex nasuensis K.T.Takah., T.Nog. & M.N.Tamura
Carex nealiae R.W.Krauss
Carex neblinensis Reznicek
Carex nebrascensis Dewey
Carex nebularum Phil.
Carex neesiana Endl.
Carex negeri (Kük.) J.R.Starr
Carex negrii Chiov.
Carex nelmesiana Barros
Carex nelsonii Mack.
Carex nemoralis (K.L.Wilson) K.L.Wilson
Carex nemostachys Steud.
Carex nemurensis Franch.
Carex × neobigelowii Lepage
Carex neochevalieri Kük. ex A.Chev.
Carex neodigyna P.C.Li
Carex × neofilipendula Lepage
Carex neoguinensis C.B.Clarke
Carex neohebridensis Guillaumin & Kük.
Carex × neomiliaris Lepage
Carex neopetelotii Raymond
Carex neopolycephala Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex × neorigida Lepage
Carex nervata Franch. & Sav.
Carex nervina L.H.Bailey
Carex neurocarpa Maxim.
Carex neurophora Mack.
Carex × nicoloffii Pamp.
Carex niederleiniana Boeckeler
Carex nigerrima Nelmes
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
Carex nigricans C.A.Mey.
Carex nigromarginata Schwein.
Carex × nikaii T.Koyama
Carex nikolskensis Kom.
Carex nipposinica Ohwi
Carex nivalis Boott
Carex nodaeana A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov
Carex nodiflora Boeckeler
Carex nodosa S.R.Zhang, J.Zhang, Z.Y.Liu, S.Qu & R.G.Han
Carex noguchii J.Oda & Nagam.
Carex noltiei S.R.Zhang
Carex nordica Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
Carex normalis Mack.
Carex norvegica Retz.
Carex notha Kunth
Carex × notholimosioides Doweld
Carex nova L.H.Bailey
Carex novae-angliae Schwein.
Carex novogaliciana Reznicek
Carex nubigena D.Don
Carex nudata W.Boott
Carex nudicarpa (Y.C.Yang) S.R.Zhang
Carex × oberrodensis B.Walln.
Carex obispoensis Stacey
Carex oblanceolata T.Koyama
Carex obliquicarpa X.F.Jin, C.Z.Zheng & B.Y.Ding
Carex obliquitruncata Y.C.Tang & S.Yun Liang
Carex obnupta L.H.Bailey Plant FAQs: Carex Obnupta – Slough Sedge
Carex obovatosquamata F.T.Wang & Y.L.Chang ex P.C.Li
Carex obscura Nees
Carex obscuriceps Kük.
Carex obtusata Lilj.
Carex obtusifolia (Heenan) K.A.Ford
Carex occidentalis L.H.Bailey
Carex ochrochlamys Ohwi
Carex ochrosaccus (C.B.Clarke) Hamlin
Carex odontolepis Phil.
Carex odontostoma Kük.
Carex oederi Retz.
Carex oedipostyla Duval-Jouve
Carex × oenensis A.Neumann ex B.Walln.
Carex × ohmuelleriana O.Lang
Carex okamotoi Ohwi
Carex oklahomensis Mack.
Carex okuboi Franch.
Carex olbiensis Jord.
Carex oligantha Steud.
Carex oligocarpa Willd.
Carex oligocarya C.B.Clarke
Carex oligosperma Michx.
Carex oligostachya Nees
Carex olivacea Boott
Carex olivieri H.Lév.
Carex × olneyi Boott
Carex omeiensis Tang
Carex omeyica Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
Carex omiana Franch. & Sav.
Carex omurae T.Koyama
Carex × oneillii Lepage
Carex onoei Franch. & Sav.
Carex opaca (F.J.Herm.) P.Rothr. & Reznicek
Carex ophiolithica Heenan & de Lange
Carex orbicularinucis L.K.Dai
Carex orbicularis Boott
Carex oreocharis Holm
Carex oreophila C.A.Mey.
Carex orestera Zika
Carex orizabae Liebm.
Carex ormostachya Wiegand
Carex ornithopoda Willd.
Carex oronensis Fernald
Carex orothanatica Lois, Acedo, Reznicek & Jim.Mejías
Carex orthostemon Hayata
Carex oshimensis Nakai Plant FAQs: Carex Oshimensis – Japanese Sedge
Carex otaruensis Franch.
Carex otayae Ohwi
Carex otomana Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
Carex otrubae Podp.
Carex ouachitana Kral, Manhart & Bryson
Carex ovatispiculata F.T.Wang & Y.L.Chang ex S.Yun Liang
Carex ovoidispica O.Yano
Carex ovoidoconica Ohwi
Carex ownbeyi G.A.Wheeler
Carex oxyandra (Franch. & Sav.) Kudô
Carex oxylepis Torr. & Hook.
Carex oxyphylla Franch.
Carex ozarkana P.Rothr. & Reznicek
Carex pachamamae Jim.-Mejías & Reznicek
Carex pachycarpa Mack.
Carex pachygyna Franch. & Sav.
Carex pachyneura Kitag.
Carex pachystachya Cham. ex Steud.
Carex pachystylis J.Gay
Carex × paczoskii Zapał.
Carex paeninsulae Naczi, E.L.Bridges & Orzell
Carex pairae F.W.Schultz
Carex palawanensis Kük.
Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.
Carex pallescens L.
Carex pallidula Harmaja
Carex × paludivagans W.H.Drury
Carex pamirensis C.B.Clarke
Carex pandanophylla C.B.Clarke
Carex panduranganii Kalidass
Carex paneroi Reznicek & S.González
Carex panicea L.
Carex paniculata L.
Carex panormitana Guss.
Carex pansa L.H.Bailey
Carex papillosissima Nelmes
Carex × paponii Muret ex T.Durand & Pittier
Carex papualpina K.L.Wilson
Carex papulosa Boott
Carex paracheniana X.F.Jin, D.A.Simpson & C.Z.Zheng
Carex paracuraica F.T.Wang & Y.L.Chang ex S.Yun Liang
Carex parallela (Laest.) Sommerf.
Carex paramjitii (Jana, Noltie, R.C.Srivast. & A.Mukh.) O.Yano
Carex pararadicalis X.F.Jin & J.M.Cen
Carex paratatsiensis Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
Carex parciflora Boott
Carex × parentii Jac.Koopman, Beusekom & Więcław
Carex parryana Dewey
Carex parva Nees
Carex parviflora Host
Carex parvigluma C.B.Clarke
Carex parvirufa Luceño & Márq.-Corro
Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
Carex parvula O.Yano
Carex patagonica Speg.
Carex × patuensis Lepage
Carex pauciflora Lightf.
Carex paui Sennen
Carex × pauliana F.W.Schultz
Carex × paulii Asch. & Graebn.
Carex paulo-vargasii Luceño & Marín
Carex paxii Kük.
Carex × payettei J.Cay.
Carex paysonis Clokey
Carex peckii Howe
Carex pedicularis Jim.Mejías & Naczi
Carex pediformis C.A.Mey.
Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex peichuniana S.R.Zhang
Carex peiktusani Kom.
Carex peliosanthifolia F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex pellita Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex pelocarpa F.J.Herm.
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Carex pendula Huds.
Carex penduliformis Cherm.
Carex pengii X.F.Jin & C.Z.Zheng
Carex pensylvanica Lam. Plant FAQs: Carex Pensylvanica
Carex perakensis C.B.Clarke
Carex percostata F.J.Herm.
Carex perdensa (Kukkonen) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex perdentata S.D.Jones Plant FAQs: Carex Perdentata
Carex peregrina Link
Carex perglobosa Mack.
Carex pergracilis Nelmes
Carex perlonga Fernald
Carex perplexa (Heenan & de Lange) K.A.Ford
Carex perprava C.B.Clarke
Carex perraudieriana (Kük. ex Bornm.) Gay ex Kük.
Carex × persalina Lepage
Carex persistens Ohwi
Carex pertenuis L.H.Bailey
Carex peruviana J.Presl & C.Presl
Carex petasata Dewey
Carex petelotii Gross
Carex petitiana A.Rich.
Carex petricosa Dewey
Carex petriei Cheeseman
Carex peucophila Holm
Carex phacota Spreng.
Carex phaenocarpa Franch.
Carex phaeocephala Piper
Carex phaeodon T.Koyama
Carex phaeothrix Ohwi
Carex phalaroides Kunth
Carex phankei N.K.Khoi
Carex phleoides Cav.
Carex phoenicis Dunn
Carex phragmitoides Kük.
Carex phyllocaula Nelmes
Carex phyllocephala T.Koyama
Carex phylloscirpoides Saldivia, S.Gebauer, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías
Carex phyllostachys C.A.Mey.
Carex × physocarpoides Lepage
Carex physodes M.Bieb.
Carex pichinchensis Kunth
Carex picta Steud.
Carex pigra Naczi
Carex pilosa Scop.
Carex × pilosiuscula Gobi
Carex pilulifera L.
Carex pingleensis Z.C.Lu, Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
Carex pinophila Reznicek & S.González
Carex pisanoi G.A.Wheeler
Carex pisiformis Boott
Carex pityophila Mack.
Carex planata Franch. & Sav.
Carex planiculmis Kom.
Carex planilamina Reznicek & S.González
Carex planiscapa Chun & F.C.How
Carex planispicata Naczi
Carex planostachys Kunze
Carex plantaginea Lam. Plant FAQs: Carex Plantaginea
Carex platyphylla J.Carey
Carex platysperma Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
Carex plectobasis V.I.Krecz.
Carex plectocarpa F.J.Herm.
Carex pleioneura G.A.Wheeler
Carex pleiostachys C.B.Clarke
Carex pleurocaula Nelmes
Carex × ploegii Jac.Koopman
Carex × ploettneriana Beyer
Carex pluriflora Hultén
Carex plurinervata J.R.Starr
Carex poculisquama Kük.
Carex podocarpa R.Br.
Carex podogyna Franch. & Sav.
Carex poeppigii C.B.Clarke ex G.A.Wheeler
Carex poilanei Raymond
Carex polyantha F.Muell.
Carex polycephala Boott
Carex polymascula P.C.Li
Carex polymorpha Muhl.
Carex polyphylla Kar. & Kir.
Carex polyschoena H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex polyschoenoides K.T.Fu
Carex polystachya Sw. ex Wahlenb.
Carex polysticha Boeckeler
Carex pontica Albov
Carex popovii V.I.Krecz.
Carex porrecta Reznicek & Camelb.
Carex potens K.A.Ford
Carex potosina Hemsl.
Carex praeceptorum Mack.
Carex praeclara Nelmes
Carex praecox Schreb.
Carex praegracilis W.Boott Plant FAQs: Carex Praegracilis
Carex praelonga C.B.Clarke
Carex × prahliana Junge
Carex prainii Kük.
Carex prairea Dewey ex Alph.Wood
Carex prasina Wahlenb.
Carex praticola Rydb.
Carex preissii Nees
Carex prescottiana Boott
Carex preslii Steud.
Carex pringlei L.H.Bailey
Carex procumbens H.B.Yang, Xiao X.Li & G.D.Liu
Carex projecta Mack.
Carex × prolixa Fr.
Carex prolongata Kük.
Carex proposita Mack.
Carex × prostii Chass. ex P.Fourn.
Carex provotii Franch.
Carex proxima Cherm.
Carex pruinosa Boott
Carex przewalskii T.V.Egorova
Carex pseudoaperta Boeckeler ex Kük.
Carex pseudoaphanolepis Ohwi
Carex pseudobicolor Boeckeler
Carex pseudobrizoides Clavaud
Carex pseudochinensis H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex pseudocuraica F.Schmidt
Carex pseudocyperus L.
Carex pseudodahurica A.P.Khokhr.
Carex pseudodispalata K.T.Fu
Carex pseudofoetida Kük.
Carex pseudogammiei S.R.Zhang
Carex × pseudohelvola Kihlm.
Carex pseudohumilis F.T.Wang & Y.L.Chang ex P.C.Li
Carex pseudohypochlora Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
Carex pseudolaticeps Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
Carex pseudolaxa (C.B.Clarke) O.Yano & S.R.Zhang
Carex pseudoligulata L.K.Dai
Carex pseudololiacea F.Schmidt
Carex pseudomacloviana G.A.Wheeler
Carex × pseudomairei E.G.Camus
Carex pseudomitrata X.F.Jin & J.M.Cen
Carex pseudophyllocephala L.K.Dai
Carex pseudorufa Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex pseudosadoensis Akiyama
Carex pseudospachiana H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex pseudosupina Y.C.Tang ex L.K.Dai
Carex pseudotristachya X.F.Jin & C.Z.Zheng
Carex × pseudovulpina K.Richt.
Carex pseuduncinoides (Noltie) O.Yano & S.R.Zhang
Carex psychrophila Nees
Carex pterocarpa Petrie
Carex pterocaulos Nelmes
Carex puberuliutriculata Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
Carex pubigluma Reznicek
Carex pudica Honda
Carex pulchra Boott
Carex pulchrifolia A.E.Kozhevn.
Carex pulicaris L.
Carex pumila Thunb.
Carex punctata Gaudin
Carex pungens Boeckeler
Carex punicea K.A.Ford
Carex punicola D.B.Poind., Jim.Mejías & M.Escudero
Carex purdiei Boott
Carex purpleovaginalis Q.S.Wang
Carex purpurata (Petrie) K.A.Ford
Carex purpureosquamata L.K.Dai
Carex purpureovagina F.T.Wang & Y.L.Chang ex S.Yun Liang
Carex purpureovaginata Boeckeler
Carex purpurifera Mack.
Carex × putjatini Kom.
Carex pycnostachya Kar. & Kir.
Carex pygmaea Boeckeler
Carex pyramidalis Kük.
Carex pyrenaica Wahlenb.
Carex qinghaiensis Y.C.Yang
Carex qingliangensis D.M.Weng, H.W.Zhang & S.F.Xu
Carex qingyangensis S.W.Su & S.M.Xu
Carex qiyunensis S.W.Su & S.M.Xu
Carex quadriflora (Kük.) Ohwi
Carex × quebecensis Lepage
Carex queretarensis Reznicek & S.González
Carex quichensis F.J.Herm.
Carex quinquin Jim.Mejías & Dorr
Carex × quirponensis Fernald
Carex quixotiana Ben.Benítez, Martín-Bravo, Luceño & Jim.Mejías
Carex × raciborskii Zapał.
Carex raddei Kük.
Carex radfordii Gaddy
Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small Plant FAQs: Carex Radiata – Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radicalis Boott
Carex radicalispicula Tang & F.T.Wang ex Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
Carex radiciflora Dunn
Carex radicina Z.P.Wang
Carex rafflesiana Boott
Carex rainbowii Luceño, Jim.Mejías, M.Escudero & Martín-Bravo
Carex raleighii Nelmes
Carex ramenskii Kom.
Carex ramentaceofructus K.T.Fu
Carex ramosa Willd.
Carex ramosii Kük.
Carex randalpina B.Walln.
Carex raoulii Boott
Carex rapaensis (H.St.John) K.L.Wilson
Carex raphidocarpa Nees
Carex rara Boott
Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm.
Carex ratongensis (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke
Carex raynoldsii Dewey
Carex rcsrivastavae (Jana) Roalson
Carex recta Boott
Carex × reducta Drejer
Carex regeliana (Kük.) Litv.
Carex regnelliana Boeckeler
Carex reicheana Boeckeler
Carex reichei Kük.
Carex × reichgeltii Jac.Koopman, Wieclaw & Waltje
Carex reinii Franch. & Sav.
Carex relaxa V.I.Krecz.
Carex remota L.
Carex remotistachya Y.Y.Zhou & X.F.Jin
Carex remotiuscula Wahlenb.
Carex renauldii H.Lév.
Carex reniformis (L.H.Bailey) Small
Carex renschiana Boeckeler
Carex repanda C.B.Clarke
Carex repens Bellardi
Carex reptabunda (Trautv.) V.I.Krecz.
Carex resectans Cheeseman
Carex retroflexa Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex retrofracta Kük.
Carex retrorsa Schwein.
Carex reuteriana Boiss.
Carex revoluta Reznicek & S.González
Carex reznicekii Werier
Carex rhizina Blytt ex Lindblom
Carex rhizopoda Maxim.
Carex rhodesiaca Nelmes
Carex rhomalea (Fernald) Mack.
Carex rhombifructus Ohwi
Carex rhynchachaenium C.B.Clarke
Carex rhynchoperigynium S.D.Jones & Reznicek
Carex rhynchophora Franch.
Carex richardsonii R.Br.
Carex ridongensis P.C.Li
Carex × rieseana Figert
Carex rigidioides (Gorodkov) V.I.Krecz.
Carex × rikuchiuensis Akiyama
Carex riloensis Stoeva & E.D.Popova
Carex riparia Curtis
Carex rivulorum Dunn
Carex roalsoniana Jim.Mejías & M.Escudero
Carex roanensis F.J.Herm.
Carex rochebrunei Franch. & Sav.
Carex rongkupiorum Sameer Patil
Carex roraimensis Steyerm.
Carex rorulenta Porta
Carex rosea Willd. Plant FAQs: Carex Rosea
Carex × rossiana Degen
Carex rossii Boott
Carex rostellifera Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
Carex rostrata Stokes
Carex × rotae De Not.
Carex rotundata Wahlenb.
Carex rouyana Franch.
Carex rubicunda Petrie
Carex rubrobrunnea C.B.Clarke
Carex × rubrovaginata (Hamlin) K.A.Ford
Carex × ruedtii Kneuck.
Carex rufina Drejer
Carex rufulistolon T.Koyama
Carex rugata Ohwi
Carex rugulosa Kük.
Carex runssoroensis K.Schum.
Carex rupestris All.
Carex rupicola (Pedersen) G.A.Wheeler
Carex ruralis J.Oda & Nagam.
Carex rutenbergiana Boeckeler
Carex ruthii Mack.
Carex ruthsatziae G.A.Wheeler
Carex rzedowskii Reznicek & S.González
Carex × saamica A.T.M.Pedersen & Elven
Carex sabulosa Turcz. ex Kunth
Carex sabynensis Less. ex Kunth
Carex sacerdotis Nelmes
Carex sachalinensis F.Schmidt
Carex sacrosancta Honda
Carex sadoensis Franch.
Carex sagaensis Y.C.Yang
Carex sagei Phil.
Carex sahnii Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.
Carex sajanensis V.I.Krecz.
Carex × sakaguchii Ohwi
Carex salina Wahlenb.
Carex × salisiana Brügger
Carex saltaensis Gross
Carex salticola J.R.Starr
Carex sambiranensis (H.Lév.) Cherm.
Carex samoensis Boeckeler
Carex sampsonii Hance
Carex sanctae-marthae L.E.Mora & J.O.Rangel
Carex sanguinea Boott
Carex × sanionis K.Richt.
Carex sanjappae Bhaumik & M.K.Pathak
Carex sarawaketensis Kük.
Carex × sardloqensis E.Dahl
Carex sargentiana (Hemsl.) S.R.Zhang
Carex sartwelliana Olney
Carex sartwellii Dewey
Carex satakeana T.Koyama
Carex satsumensis Franch. & Sav.
Carex saxatilis L.
Carex × saxenii Raymond
Carex saxicola Tang & F.T.Wang
Carex saxilittoralis A.Robertson
Carex saximontana Mack.
Carex scabrata Schwein.
Carex scabrella Wahlenb.
Carex scabrida J.R.Starr
Carex scabrifolia Steud.
Carex scabripes Cherm.
Carex scabrirostris Kük.
Carex scabrisacca Ohwi & Ryu
Carex scabriuscula Mack.
Carex scaposa C.B.Clarke
Carex schaffneri Boeckeler
Carex × schallertii Murr
Carex × schatzii Kneuck.
Carex schiedeana Kunze
Carex schimperiana Boeckeler
Carex schliebenii Podlech
Carex schmidtii Meinsh.
Carex schneideri Nelmes
Carex schottii Dewey
Carex × schuetzeana Figert
Carex schweickerdtii (Merxm. & Podlech) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
Carex schweinitzii Dewey ex Schwein.
Carex sciocapensis Luceño, Márq.-Corro & Sánchez-Villegas
Carex scirpoidea Michx.
Carex scita Maxim.
Carex scitiformis Kük.
Carex scitula Boott
Carex sclerocarpa Franch.
Carex sclerophylla (Nelmes) K.L.Wilson
Carex scolopendriformis F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.
Carex scopulorum Holm
Carex scopulus X.F.Jin & W.Jie Chen
Carex secalina Willd. ex Wahlenb.
Carex secta Boott
Carex sectoides (Kük.) Edgar
Carex sedakowii C.A.Mey. ex Meinsh.
Carex sellowiana Schltdl.
Carex semihyalofructa Tak.Shimizu
Carex sempervirens Vill.
Carex senanensis Ohwi
Carex × senayana Soó
Carex sendaica Franch.
Carex × sendtneriana Brügger
Carex senta Boott
Carex seorsa Howe
Carex seposita C.B.Clarke
Carex sequeirae Míguez, Jim.Mejías, Ben.Benítez & Martín-Bravo
Carex serpenticola Zika
Carex serratodens S.Watson
Carex × serravalensis Beauverd
Carex serreana Hand.-Mazz.
Carex seticulmis Boeckeler
Carex setifolia Kunze
Carex setigera D.Don
Carex setigluma Reznicek & S.González
Carex setosa Boott
Carex setschwanensis (Hand.-Mazz.) S.R.Zhang
Carex shaanxiensis F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex × shakushizawaensis Akiyama
Carex shandanica Y.C.Yang
Carex shanensis C.B.Clarke
Carex shangchengensis S.Yun Liang
Carex shanghangensis S.Yun Liang
Carex sheldonii Mack.
Carex shimidzensis Franch.
Carex × shinanoana Nakai ex Aliyama
Carex shinnersii P.Rothr. & Reznicek
Carex shiriyajirensis Akiyama ex Tatew.
Carex shortiana Dewey & Torr.
Carex shuangbaiensis L.K.Dai
Carex shuchengensis S.W.Su & Q.Zhang
Carex siamensis (Ohwi) S.R.Zhang
Carex siccata Dewey
Carex sichouensis P.C.Li
Carex siderosticta Hance Plant FAQs: Carex Siderosticta
Carex siguanabae Jim.Mejías, Acedo, Reznicek & Lois
Carex sikokiana Franch. & Sav.
Carex silicea Olney
Carex silvestrii Pamp.
Carex silvestris (Hamlin) K.A.Ford
Carex simensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Carex simpliciuscula Wahlenb.
Carex simulans C.B.Clarke
Carex simulata Mack.
Carex sinclairii Boott ex Cheeseman
Carex sinoaristata Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex sinodissitiflora Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex sinosupina Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
Carex siroumensis Koidz.
Carex skottsbergiana Kük.
Carex socialis Mohlenbr. & Schwegman
Carex sociata Boott
Carex socotrana Repka & P.Madera
Carex sodiroi Kük.
Carex × soerensenii Lepage
Carex sohayakiensis K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
Carex solandri Boott
Carex songorica Kar. & Kir.
Carex × sooi Jakucs
Carex sordida Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
Carex sorianoi Barros
Carex sororia Kunth
Carex spachiana Boott
Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex sparsinux C.B.Clarke ex Franch.
Carex spartea Wahlenb.
Carex specifica L.H.Bailey
Carex speciosa Kunth
Carex spectabilis Dewey
Carex specuicola J.T.Howell
Carex sphaerogyna Baker
Carex spicata Huds.
Carex spicatopaniculata Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke
Carex spicigera Nees
Carex × spiculosa Fr.
Carex spilocarpa Steud.
Carex spinirostris Colenso
Carex spissa L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl.
Carex splendentissima U.Kang & J.Chung
Carex sprengelii Dewey ex Spreng.
Carex squamiformis (Y.C.Yang) S.R.Zhang
Carex × squamigera V.I.Krecz. & Luchnik
Carex squarrosa L.
Carex standleyana Steyerm.
Carex stenantha Franch. & Sav.
Carex stenocarpa Turcz. ex V.I.Krecz.
Carex stenophylla Wahlenb.
Carex stenoptila F.J.Herm.
Carex stenostachys Franch. & Sav.
Carex sterilis Willd.
Carex steudneri Boeckeler
Carex stevenii (Holm) Kalela
Carex steyermarkii Standl.
Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex stiphrogyne Gilli
Carex stipitinux C.B.Clarke ex Franch.
Carex stipitiutriculata P.C.Li
Carex stokesii F.Br.
Carex stracheyi Boott ex C.B.Clarke
Carex stramentitia Boott ex Boeckeler
Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr
Carex straminiformis L.H.Bailey
Carex streptorrhampha Nelmes
Carex striata Michx.
Carex striatula Michx.
Carex stricta Lam. Plant FAQs: Carex Stricta
Carex × stricticulmis Holmb.
Carex × strictiformis Almq.
Carex strictissima (Kük.) K.A.Ford
Carex strigosa Huds.
Carex × strigosula Chatenier
Carex stuessyi G.A.Wheeler
Carex × stygia Fr.
Carex styloflexa Buckley
Carex stylosa C.A.Mey.
Carex subandrogyna G.A.Wheeler & Guagl.
Carex subantarctica Speg.
Carex subbracteata Mack.
Carex subcapitata X.F.Jin, C.Z.Zheng & B.Y.Ding
Carex subcernua Ohwi
Carex × subcostata Holmb.
Carex subdivulsa (Kük.) G.A.Wheeler
Carex subdola Boott
Carex suberecta (Olney) Britton
Carex subfilicinoides Kük.
Carex subfuegiana G.A.Wheeler
Carex subfusca W.Boott
Carex subglabra (X.F.Jin & C.Z.Zheng) X.F.Jin & Y.F.Lu
Carex × subimpressa Clokey
Carex subinclinata T.Koyama
Carex subinflata Nelmes
Carex submollicula Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex subnigricans Stacey
Carex × subpaleacea J.Cay.
Carex × subpatula Holmb.
Carex subperakensis L.K.Ling & Y.Z.Huang
Carex subphysodes Popov ex V.I.Krecz.
Carex subpumila Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
Carex × subrecta J.Cay.
Carex × subreducta Lepage
Carex subremota Charit.
Carex subsacculata (G.A.Wheeler & Goetgh.) J.R.Starr
Carex subscabrella Kük.
Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem.
Carex subtilis K.A.Ford
Carex subtransversa C.B.Clarke
Carex subtrigona (Nelmes) K.L.Wilson
Carex subtumida (Kük.) Ohwi
Carex subumbellata Meinsh.
Carex subviridis K.A.Ford
Carex × subviridula Fernald
Carex suifunensis Kom.
Carex × sullivantii Boott
Carex × sumikawaensis Fujiw. & Y.Matsuda
Carex superata Naczi, Reznicek & B.A.Ford
Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb.
Carex sutchuensis Franch.
Carex × suziella Podp.
Carex swanii (Fernald) Mack.
Carex sychnocephala J.Carey
Carex sylvatica Huds.
Carex × sylvenii Holmb.
Carex tabatae Katsuy.
Carex tachirensis Steyerm.
Carex tahitensis F.Br.
Carex tahoensis Smiley
Carex taihuensis S.W.Su & S.M.Xu
Carex × takhtadjanii Jac.Koopman & Wieclaw
Carex × takoensis Y.Endo & Yashiro
Carex talbotii Kottaim.
Carex taldycola Meinsh.
Carex tamakii T.Koyama
Carex tamana Steyerm.
Carex tangiana Ohwi
Carex tangii Kük.
Carex tangulashanensis Y.C.Yang
Carex tapintzensis Franch.
Carex taprobanensis T.Koyama
Carex tashiroana Ohwi
Carex tasmanica Kük.
Carex tatjanae Malyschev
Carex tatsiensis (Franch.) Kük.
Carex tavoyensis Nelmes
Carex tegulata H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex tehuacana Reznicek & S.González
Carex teinogyna Boott
Carex temnolepis Franch.
Carex tenax Chapm. ex Dewey
Carex × tenebricans Holmb.
Carex tenebrosa Boott
Carex tenejapensis Reznicek & S.González
Carex × tenelliformis Holmb.
Carex tenera Dewey
Carex tenuiculmis (Petrie) Heenan & de Lange
Carex tenuiflora Wahlenb.
Carex tenuiformis H.Lév. & Vaniot
Carex tenuinervis Ohwi
Carex tenuior T.Koyama & T.I.Chuang
Carex tenuipaniculata P.C.Li
Carex tenuispicula Tang ex S.Y.Liang
Carex teres Boott
Carex tereticaulis F.Muell.
Carex × terschellingensis Jac.Koopman, Wieclaw & Waltje
Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott Plant FAQs: Carex Testacea
Carex tetanica Schkuhr
Carex tetrastachya Scheele
Carex tetsuoi Ohwi
Carex texensis (Torr. ex L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey Plant FAQs: Texas Sedge – Carex Texensis
Carex thailandica T.Koyama
Carex thanikaimoniana Govind.
Carex × thermalis K.Nagas. & S.Sakag.
Carex thibetica Franch.
Carex thinii B.A.Ford & J.R.Starr
Carex thomsonii Boott
Carex thornei Naczi
Carex thouarsii Carmich.
Carex thunbergii Steud.
Carex thurberi Dewey ex Torr.
Carex tianmushanica C.Z.Zheng & X.F.Jin
Carex tianschanica T.V.Egorova
Carex tibetikobresia S.R.Zhang
Carex timida Naczi & B.A.Ford
Carex × timmiana Junge
Carex tincta (Fernald) Fernald
Carex tingnungii X.F.Jin
Carex titovii V.I.Krecz.
Carex × toezensis Simonk.
Carex tojquianensis Standl. & Steyerm.
Carex tokarensis T.Koyama
Carex tokuii J.Oda & Nagam.
Carex tolucensis (F.J.Herm.) Reznicek
Carex tomentosa L.
Carex tompkinsii J.T.Howell
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P.Bicknell
Carex toreadora Steyerm.
Carex × torgesiana Kük.
Carex × tornabenei Chiov.
Carex toroensis G.A.Wheeler
Carex torreyi Tuck.
Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.
Carex tovarensis Reznicek & G.A.Wheeler
Carex townsendii Mack.
Carex toyoshimae Tuyama
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex traiziscana F.Schmidt
Carex transandina G.A.Wheeler
Carex transversa Boott
Carex trautvetteriana Kom.
Carex traversii Kirk
Carex × treverica Hausskn.
Carex triangula J.R.Starr
Carex triangularis Boeckeler
Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.
Carex tricephala Boeckeler
Carex × trichina Fernald
Carex trichocarpa Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex trichodes Steud.
Carex tricholepis Nelmes
Carex trichophylla Nelmes
Carex tricolor Velen.
Carex trifida Cav.
Carex trigonosperma Ohwi
Carex trinervis Degl.
Carex triquetra Boott
Carex trisperma Dewey
Carex tristachya Thunb.
Carex tristis M.Bieb.
Carex trongii N.K.Khoi
Carex troodi Turrill
Carex truncatigluma C.B.Clarke
Carex truncatirostris S.W.Su & S.M.Xu
Carex tsaiana F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
Carex tsaratananensis Cherm.
Carex tschonoskii V.I.Krecz.
Carex tsiangii F.T.Wang & Tang
Carex tsoi Merr. & Chun
Carex tsuishikarensis Koidz. & Ohwi
Carex tsukudensis (T.Koyama) K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
Carex tsushimensis (Ohwi) Ohwi
Carex tuberculata Liebm.
Carex tubulosa Pamp.
Carex tuckermanii Boott
Carex tumida Boott
Carex tumidula Ohwi
Carex tuminensis Kom.
Carex tumulicola Mack. Plant FAQs: Carex Tumulicola
Carex tungfangensis L.K.Dai & S.M.Huang
Carex tunicata (Hand.-Mazz.) S.R.Zhang
Carex tunimanensis Standl. & Steyerm.
Carex turbaria J.R.Starr
Carex turbinata Liebm.
Carex × turfosa Fr.
Carex turgescens Torr.
Carex turkestanica Regel
Carex turrita C.B.Clarke
Carex × turuli Simonk.
Carex turumiquirensis Steyerm.
Carex tweedieana Nees
Carex typhina Michx.
Carex uber Ohwi
Carex uda Maxim.
Carex × uechtritziana K.Richt.
Carex uhligii K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke
Carex ulobasis V.I.Krecz.
Carex ultra L.H.Bailey
Carex uluguruensis Luceño & M.Escudero
Carex umbellata Willd.
Carex umbricola K.L.Wilson
Carex umbrosa Host
Carex umbrosiformis H.Lév.
Carex uncifolia Cheeseman
Carex uncinata L.f.
Carex unciniiformis Boeckeler
Carex uncinioides Boott
Carex × ungavensis Lepage
Carex ungurensis Litv.
Carex unilateralis Mack.
Carex unisexualis C.B.Clarke
Carex urelytra Ohwi
Carex ursina Dewey
Carex uruguensis Boeckeler
Carex ussuriensis Kom.
Carex utahensis Reznicek & D.F.Murray
Carex utriculata Boott
Carex × uzenensis Koidz.
Carex vacillans Drejer
Carex vaginata Tausch
Carex vaginosa (C.B.Clarke) S.R.Zhang
Carex valbrayi H.Lév.
Carex vallata Charit.
Carex vallicola Dewey
Carex vallis-pulchrae Phil.
Carex vallis-rosetto K.Schum.
Carex vanheurckii Müll.Arg.
Carex vaniotii H.Lév.
Carex ventosa C.B.Clarke
Carex venusta Dewey
Carex vernacula L.H.Bailey
Carex verrucosa Muhl.
Carex verticillata Zoll. & Moritzi
Carex vesca C.B.Clarke ex Kük.
Carex vesicaria L.
Carex vesicata Meinsh.
Carex vesiculosa Boott
Carex vestita Willd.
Carex vexans F.J.Herm.
Carex via-aquae Jim.Mejías, Lois, Acedo & Reznicek
Carex via-incaica Jim.Mejías & Roalson
Carex × viadrina Figert
Carex vibhae (Jana, R.C.Srivast. & Bhaumik) O.Yano
Carex vicinalis Boott
Carex vidua Boott ex C.B.Clarke
Carex vietnamica Raymond
Carex × villacensis Kük.
Carex × vimariensis Hausskn. ex Berthold
Carex virescens Muhl. ex Willd.
Carex viridimarginata Kük.
Carex viridistellata Derieg, Reznicek & Bruederle
Carex vixdentata (Kük.) G.A.Wheeler
Carex vizarronensis Gómez-Sánchez, Cabrera-Luna, S.González & Reznicek
Carex × vratislaviensis Figert
Carex vulcani Hochst. ex Seub.
Carex vulpina L.
Carex vulpinaris Nees
Carex vulpinoidea Michx. Plant FAQs: Carex Vulpinoidea
Carex wahlenbergiana Boott
Carex wahuensis C.A.Mey.
Carex wakatipu Petrie
Carex × walasii Ceyn.-Gield
Carex walkeri Arn. ex Boott
Carex wallichiana Spreng.
Carex waponahkikensis Lovit & A.Haines
Carex wawuensis W.M.Chu ex S.Yun Liang
Carex wenshanensis L.K.Dai
Carex werdermannii L.Gross
Carex wheeleri J.R.Starr
Carex whitneyi Olney
Carex wiegandii Mack.
Carex wightiana Nees
Carex willdenowii Willd.
Carex williamsii Britton
Carex × winkelmannii Asch. & Graebn.
Carex winterbottomii C.B.Clarke
Carex × wolteri Gross
Carex woodii Dewey Plant FAQs: Carex Woodii
Carex wootonii Mack.
Carex wui W.M.Chu ex L.K.Dai
Carex wutuensis K.T.Fu
Carex × xanthocarpa Degl.
Carex xerantica L.H.Bailey
Carex xerophila Janeway & Zika
Carex xiphium Kom.
Carex xueyingiana H.J.Yang & Han Xu
Carex yadongensis (Y.C.Yang) S.R.Zhang
Carex yajiangensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Yun Liang
Carex yakushimensis (Katsuy. & J.Oda) J.Oda & M.N.Tamura
Carex yamatsutana Ohwi
Carex yandangshanica C.Z.Zheng & X.F.Jin
Carex yangii (S.R.Zhang) S.R.Zhang
Carex yangshuoensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
Carex yasuii Katsuy.
Carex yinshanica Y.Z.Zhao
Carex yonganensis L.K.Dai & Y.Z.Huang
Carex ypsilandrifolia F.T.Wang & Tang
Carex yuexiensis S.W.Su & S.M.Xu
Carex yulungshanensis P.C.Li
Carex yunlingensis P.C.Li
Carex yunnanensis Franch.
Carex yunyiana X.F.Jin & C.Z.Zheng
Carex yushuensis Y.C.Yang
Carex × zahnii Kneuck.
Carex zekogensis Y.C.Yang
Carex zhejiangensis X.F.Jin, Y.J.Zhao, C.Z.Zheng & H.W.Zhang
Carex zhenkangensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Yun Liang
Carex zhonghaiensis S.Yun Liang
Carex zikae Roalson & Waterway
Carex zizaniifolia Raymond
Carex zotovii (Hamlin) K.A.Ford
Carex zunyiensis Tang & F.T.Wang

The Importance of Sedges

Beyond their aesthetic appeal, sedges play a vital role in their ecosystems. They provide food and shelter for a variety of wildlife, including insects, birds, and small mammals. Their extensive root systems help to stabilize soil and prevent erosion, especially in wetland areas. Some sedges are even used for medicinal purposes or for weaving mats and baskets.

As our climate changes and habitats are threatened, the importance of sedges becomes even more apparent. Their adaptability and resilience make them valuable allies in the face of environmental challenges.

Continuing the Exploration

My journey with sedges is far from over. I’m eager to continue exploring this diverse genus, learning more about their identification, ecology, and uses. I believe that by appreciating and understanding these often-overlooked plants, we can gain a deeper appreciation for the natural world and our place within it.

The world of Carex is vast and full of surprises. It’s a world I invite you to explore with me.