24 results for genus: Carex. section: [26bbb] Section 39 Acrocystis. More search options

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Cyperaceae	Carex albicans var. albicans	White-tinged Sedge, Architectural Sedge	Dry woodlands, forests, and clearings.	ME west to IL, and OK, south to DE, NC, SC, n. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), TN, and MO.
Cyperaceae	Carex albicans var. australis	Southern White-tinged Sedge, Bellow's-beak Sedge	Dry woodlands.	MD south to ne. FL and FL Panhandle, west to AR, OK, TX, and Mexico.
Cyperaceae	Carex austrodeflexa	Canebrake Sedge	Canebrakes and acid swamps, very wet loamy pine savannas.	Coastal Plain, from se. VA to Panhandle FL, west to s. AL; apparently disjunct in w. LA.
Cyperaceae	Carex austrolucorum	Appalachian Woodland Sedge	Xeric to mesic wooded slopes, usually in oak forests and northern hardwood forests.	Sw. VA, s. WV, e. KY south to nw. SC, n. GA and ne. AL.
Cyperaceae	Carex communis	Fibrous-rooted Sedge	Dry woodlands and forests, bluffs, rich forests, streambanks.	PE west to MN, south to n. SC, c. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), and AR.
Cyperaceae	Carex deflexa		Rocky, exposed soils and outcrops.	Greenland west to AK, south to MA, n. NY, n. MI, and n. MN. A disjunct population in WV that has been referred to C. deflexa is actually Carex species 8.
Cyperaceae	Carex emmonsii	Emmons’s Sedge	Longleaf pine sandhills, maritime forests, wet pine flatwoods, mesic or dry upland forests, sandy woodlands.	NS west to ON and WI, south to SC, GA, AL, MS, and AR.
Cyperaceae	Carex floridana	Florida Sedge	Mesic hammocks, dry hammocks, maritime forests.	S. NJ south to c. peninsular FL, west to TX. See McAvoy (2021) for discussion of the occurrence of this species in NJ, MD, DE, and VA.
Cyperaceae	Carex inops ssp. heliophila	Plains Sedge	Dry to mesic upland forests, sandy, loamy, or loess prairies.	ON west to BC, south to MI, IN, IL, MO, OK, NM, and WA.
Cyperaceae	Carex lucorum	Northern Woodland Sedge	Moist forests.	NB west to MN, south to MD (Cecil County; C. Frye, pers. comm. based on specimen at DOV), DE (Knapp et al. 2011), and PA.
Cyperaceae	Carex nigromarginata	Black-edged Sedge	Dry woodlands and forests.	DE and NJ west to WI, south to SC, GA, and possibly TX.
Cyperaceae	Carex novae-angliae	New England Sedge	Moist forests.	NL (Newfoundland) and ON, south to e. PA, n. WV, and WI.
Cyperaceae	Carex peckii	Peck's Sedge	Mesic to dry calcareous rocky slopes and open forests, alvars.	Boreal North America, reaching furthest south to n. NJ, NY, n. OH, s. MI, s. WI, e. IA, NE, CO, and BC.
Cyperaceae	Carex pensylvanica	Pennsylvania Sedge	Dry to moist woodlands and forests, grassy balds, shale barrens, rock outcrops.	ME west to s, MB and ND, south to VA, KY, and AR.
Cyperaceae	Carex reznicekii	Reznicek’s Sedge	Dry to mesic forests and woodlands.	RI, NY, PA, KY, and MO, south to SC, sw. GA, se. AL, Panhandle FL, n. MS and AR. To be expected in WV.
Cyperaceae	Carex rugosperma	Parachute Sedge	Old fields, shallow soils of rock outcrops, exposed forest margins.	PE west to MN, south to GA, TN, IN, IL, and MO. Reported for South Carolina by Hill & Horn (1997).
Cyperaceae	Carex species 3	Fen Sedge	Ultramafic fens.	Endemic (so far as is known) to the Glades, Alleghany County, NC and Grayson County, VA.
Cyperaceae	Carex species 4		Thin soils over acidic gneiss.	Endemic (so far as is known) to Alleghany County, NC.
Cyperaceae	Carex species 5		In seepage in thin soils over granite and granitic gneiss.	Buncombe County NC south to Greenville County, SC and Rabun County, GA.
Cyperaceae	Carex species 6	Balsam Sedge	Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwoods forests, and grassy balds.	W. NC and e. TN.
Cyperaceae	Carex species 7		Moderate to high elevation oak, acid coves, and other hardwood forests.	Southern Appalachians and nearby, lower elevation provinces, the distribution still poorly known, probably VA and KY south to SC, GA, and AL.
Cyperaceae	Carex species 8		Northern hardwood forests.	South to Blackwater Falls State Park, WV.
Cyperaceae	Carex tonsa	Shaved Sedge	Dry rock outcrops, xeric disturbed areas, old fields.	QC west to AB, south to VA, WV (Vanderhorst et al. 2013), nw. SC, n. GA, e. TN, IN, and WI.
Cyperaceae	Carex umbellata	Parasol Sedge	Limestone barrens, other barrens and glades, old fields, mowed areas, other open habitats.	Greenland west to AB, south to GA and TX.