21 results for Genus: Carex. Section: [26d] Section 4.0 Phaestoglochin. More search options

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Cyperaceae	Carex aggregata	Glomerate Sedge	Mesic to submesic forests and woodlands, fields, roadsides, other disturbed areas, especially over calcareous substrates.	New York, Ontario, Minnesota, and South Dakota, south to nc. and nw. North Carolina, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.	(c) Fleming, Gary P.
Cyperaceae	Carex appalachica	Appalachian Sedge	Dry to mesic forests, rock outcrops.	Maine and Ontario south to w. South Carolina, n. Georgia, and e. Tennessee. First reported for South Carolina by Hill & Horn (1997) and Gaddy (2014).	(c) Powell, Eric M - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
Cyperaceae	Carex arkansana	Arkansas Sedge	Bottomland forests, other wet forests and damp prairies, oak flatwoods, (in VA) in seasonally wet meadow in former railroad yard.	Native range from s. Illinois, n. Missouri, and e. Kansas south through Arkansas and Oklahoma to e. Texas. See Simmons, Strong, & Parrish (2008) for additional information on the Virginia occurrence.	(c) Marcum, Paul
Cyperaceae	Carex austrina	Southern Sedge	Dry calcareous prairies, meadows, and forests, also roadsides, apparently introduced eastwards with hay and/or seed mixes used for erosion control.	Native from Iowa and Nebraska south to Louisiana and Texas; more eastern occurrences are at least in part introduced. First reported for areas east of the Mississippi by Bryson et al. (1996). Reported for Delaware (Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp 2016).	(c) Campos, Aidan
Cyperaceae	Carex cephaloidea	Heady Sedge	Forests over calcareous or other high pH substrates.	New Brunswick, Ontario, and Minnesota south to West Virginia (Vanderhorst et al. 2019), Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa.	(c) Goldman, Douglas - CC-BY-SA
Cyperaceae	Carex cephalophora		Mesic to dry forests, especially oak-hickory forests.	Maine west to Minnesota, south to Panhandle Florida and Texas.	(c) Fleming, Gary P.
Cyperaceae	Carex divulsa ssp. divulsa		Fields, pastures, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe and w. Asia. Reported for Washington, District of Columbia, and Maryland. Pennsylvania reports are misidentifications (S. Grund, pers.comm., 2024).	(c) Wang, Zihao - CC-BY
Cyperaceae	Carex gravida	Pregnant Sedge, Heavy Sedge	Damp, mesic, or dry calcareous prairies, fields, pastures, roadsides.	Ontario west to Saskatchewan, south to Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and New Mexico, rarely introduced eastward. Steury (1999) reported var. lunelliana as new to Maryland (Calvert County). Reported for Delaware (Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp 2016).	(c) Heller, Samantha - CC-BY
Cyperaceae	Carex leavenworthii	Leavenworth’s Sedge	Dry forests, especially in sandy soils.	New York, Ontario, and Nebraska south to Panhandle Florida and Texas. Reported for Delaware (Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp 2016), and considered "likely non-native" there.	(c) Fleming, Gary P.
Cyperaceae	Carex mesochorea	Midland Sedge	Mesic to dry forests and woodlands, dry grassy areas.	Massachusetts, Ontario, and Nebraska south to Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. First reported for South Carolina by Hill & Horn (1997).	© Nathan Aaron
Cyperaceae	Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis	Muhlenberg’s Sedge	Dry and often acidic woodlands and meadows.	New Hampshire west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas; Mexico.	(c) Campos, Aidan
Cyperaceae	Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii	Muehlenberg’s Sedge	Dry to dry-mesic hammocks and woodlands.	Maine, Ontario, and Minnesota south to Panhandle Florida and c. Texas.	(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
Cyperaceae	Carex muricata ssp. lamprocarpa		Fields, pastures, lawns, disturbed areas.	A European alien, with known occurrences south through New Jersey, e. Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block 2007) Delaware and Maryland.
Cyperaceae	Carex perdentata	Sandstone Sedge	Thin soils over sandstone, granite, or limestone, juniper-hardwood woodlands.	Oklahoma south to c. Texas.
Cyperaceae	Carex radiata	Eastern Star Sedge	Mesic to wet-mesic forests.	Nova Scotia west to Manitoba, south to South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.	(c) Marcum, Paul
Cyperaceae	Carex retroflexa	Reflexed Sedge	Dry to mesic forests, especially over base-rich substrates.	Maine, Michigan and Iowa, south to n. peninsular Florida and Texas.	(c) Fleming, Gary P.
Cyperaceae	Carex rosea	Rosy Sedge	Dry to dry-mesic hardwood forests, especially over basic substrates.	Nova Scotia west to Manitoba, south to Florida Panhandle and Texas; disjunct in New Mexico w. South Dakota, and ne. Wyoming.	(c) Fleming, Gary P.
Cyperaceae	Carex socialis	Low Woodland Sedge	Blackwater and brownwater swamp forests and bottomlands, forested seepage areas.	Se. and sc. North Carolina south to e. Georgia, west to e. Texas, and north in the interior to s. Indiana, s. Illinois, and se. Missouri.	(c) Bradley, Keith
Cyperaceae	Carex sparganioides	Bur-reed sedge	Dry to moist, usually nutrient-rich forests.	Maine, Ontario, Minnesota, and South Dakota south to Georgia, Arkansas, and Kansas. Records entangled with C. aggregata.	(c) Fleming, Gary P.
Cyperaceae	Carex spicata	Prickly Sedge	Fields, lawns, cracks in sidewalks.	Native of Europe and w. Asia. Reported as south to s. New Jersey, n. Delaware, c. Maryland. Virginia reports said to be erroneous in FNA, but correct records have been recorded since. Undoubtedly more common than records indicate.	(c) Marcum, Paul
Cyperaceae	Carex texensis	Texas Sedge	Lawns, pastures, roadsides, usually weedy, especially in rocky or sandy soils.	New York, Ohio, and Kansas south to Florida and Texas.	(c) Fleming, Gary P.