| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyperaceae | Carex abscondita | Thicket Sedge | Bottomlands, other mesic forests, seepage swamps. | Massachusetts south to Panhandle Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma, and scattered inland. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Cyperaceae | Carex austrocaroliniana | South Carolina Sedge | Nutrient-rich, moist coves in the sw. mountains of NC and adjacent SC, often with some seepage. | Endemic to the southern end of the Southern Appalachians, in the Blue Ridge of sw. North Carolina, ne. South Carolina, n. Georgia, and e. Tennessee, extending west to the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee and se. Kentucky. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Cyperaceae | Carex careyana | Carey's Sedge | Nutrient-rich moist forests, mostly over calcareous rocks. | New York west to Michigan and Iowa, south to sw. North Carolina, Alabama and Missouri. |  (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Cyperaceae | Carex copulata | Spreading Sedge | Rich, mesic forests of floodplains and slopes. | Pennsylvania, Ontario, and Wisconsin south to North Carolina, n. Alabama, and Arkansas. |  (c) Marcum, Paul |
| Cyperaceae | Carex cumberlandensis | Cumberland Sedge | Rich, mesic to dry, deciduous or mixed forests, especially over calcareous substrates. | Sw. Pennsylvania, s. Ohio, s. Illinois south to c. North Carolina, c. South Carolina, c. Georgia, sc. Alabama, e. Mississippi, and w. Tennessee; disjunct in nw. Arkansas. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Cyperaceae | Carex digitalis var. digitalis | Slender Woodland Sedge | Mesic to dry forests. | Maine west to Wisconsin, south to s. Georgia and e. Oklahoma (LeFlore County). |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Cyperaceae | Carex digitalis var. floridana | Southern Slender Woodland Sedge | Rich forests. | Virginia south to Florida, west to e. Texas. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Cyperaceae | Carex digitalis var. macropoda | Long-spiked Slender Woodland Sedge | Moist to dry forests. | Pennsylvania and Illinois south to Florida and Texas. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Cyperaceae | Carex laxiculmis | Spreading Sedge | Slope or alluvial forests, both acidic and rich. | Ontario and Québec, S. Maine west to s. Wisconsin and s. Iowa, south to North Carolina, nw. Georgia (Jones & Coile 1988) and n. Alabama, w. to s. Missouri, Arkansas, and e. Oklahoma. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Cyperaceae | Carex plantaginea | Plantainleaf Sedge, Seersucker Sedge | Rich cove forests, mostly over mafic or calcareous rocks, montane alluvial forests. | New Brunswick west to Minnesota, south to Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, ne. Georgia (Rabun, Habersham, Stephens counties) and nw Georgia (Dade Co.; Cloudland Canyon State Park), ne. Alabama, e. Tennessee, c. Tennessee, Kentucky, and s. Indiana. |  (c) Ward, Scott - CC-BY |
| Cyperaceae | Carex platyphylla | Broadleaf Sedge | Rich cove forests, mostly over mafic or calcareous rock. | Maine and s. Québec west to Wisconsin, south to , nw. South Carolina, North Carolina, e. Tennessee. An older record (1980) labeled as Howard Co., Missouri (just barely entering our flora area) was later corrected to Howard Co., Maryland (D. Soteropoulos, pers. comm.; 2025). |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |