14 results for genus: Carex. section: [26bb] Section 19 Laxiflorae. More search options

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Cyperaceae	Carex albursina	White Bear Sedge	Nutrient-rich cove forests (and less commonly in drier forests), over mafic or calcareous rocks. Rich mesic forests further northward.	VT and s. QC west to MN, south to SC (P. McMillan pers. comm. 2003, specimen at CLEMS), nw. GA, MS (Dorey & Bryson 2016), ne. AL (S. Ward, pers. obs. 2022), and AR.
Cyperaceae	Carex blanda	Eastern Woodland Sedge, Charming Sedge	Cove forests, bottomlands, and other mesic, nutrient-rich forests.	ME and s. QC west to ND, south to c. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), n. peninsular FL, Panhandle FL, and TX.
Cyperaceae	Carex crebriflora	Coastal Plain Sedge	Bottomland and other nutrient-rich forests.	VA, KY, and AR south to n. peninsular FL and Panhandle FL and TX.
Cyperaceae	Carex gracilescens	Slender Loose-flowered Sedge	Moist, nutrient-rich forests, calcareous hammocks.	VT and s. QC west to WI, south to SC, AL, LA, and e. TX; disjunct in sw. GA and Panhandle FL.
Cyperaceae	Carex ignota	Incognito Sedge, Incognito Lined Sedge	Mesic slope and ravine forests, upper terraces of floodplains in bottomland hardwood forests.	E. SC south to n. FL, west to w. TN, e. TX, and AR.
Cyperaceae	Carex kraliana	Kral's Sedge	Mesic forests, slightly acidic to circumneutral.	MD, WV (Vanderhorst et al. 2019), OH, and IN south to Panhandle FL and TX.
Cyperaceae	Carex laxiflora	Broad Loose-flowered Sedge	In a wide range of moist to dry, acidic to nutrient-rich forests.	NL west to ON, south to GA, FL Panhandle, MS, and LA.
Cyperaceae	Carex leptonervia	Nerveless Woodland Sedge	Nutrient-rich forests, such as rich, seepy northern hardwoods forests.	NL (Newfoundland) west to MN, south to NJ, PA, IN, and WI, and in the Appalachians south to NC and SC (L.L. Gaddy, pers.comm., 2009).
Cyperaceae	Carex manhartii	Blue Ridge Purple Sedge, Manhart's Sedge	Cove forests and montane oak-hickory forests, mostly at medium to fairly high elevations, especially over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite) and calcareous rocks (such as marble), but occurring on more acidic substrates as well.	Endemic to s. WV, sw. VA, w. NC, nw. SC, ne. GA, and se. TN, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Once considered very rare, this species is now known to be locally common in portions of sw. NC and adjacent ne. GA. For more information on the VA occurrence, see Belden et al. (2004).
Cyperaceae	Carex ormostachya	Necklace Spike Sedge	Northern hardwood forests.	S. Canada south to ME, MA, PA, w. VA (Augusta County), e. WV, n. OH, MI, and WI.
Cyperaceae	Carex purpurifera	Limestone Purple Sedge	Moist, rich cove forests, at low elevations, over calcareous or mafic rocks.	WV (Vanderhorst et al. 2019), w. VA and KY south to n. GA and n. AL, mostly west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, but with scattered disjunct populations on calcareous or mafic sites in the Blue Ridge.
Cyperaceae	Carex radfordii	Radford's Sedge	Very nutrient-rich, moist cove forests in the Blue Ridge Escarpment region, over calcareous or mafic rocks (especially along the Brevard Fault).	Endemic to the Blue Ridge Escarpment of sw. NC, nw. SC, and ne. GA.
Cyperaceae	Carex striatula	Lined Sedge	Bottomland and other nutrient-rich forests.	CT, se. NY, PA, s. OH, and w. KY south to n. FL, Panhandle FL, and s. MS. Former attribution of a wider distribution to the west (west of the Mississippi River) represents Carex ignota.
Cyperaceae	Carex styloflexa	Bent Sedge	Bogs, wet forests, acid stream swamps.	CT west to s. OH, south to c. peninsular FL and se. TX.