| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyperaceae | Carex aestivaliformis | High-elevation wet meadows, sphagnous beaver wetlands (TN, VA), upland submesic forests (GA, TN). | The distribution is unclear, because of variable treatment in the past. | ||
| Cyperaceae | Carex aestivalis | Summer Sedge | Northern hardwood forests, northern red oak forests, other dry-mesic to mesic forests and moist rock outcrops at medium to high elevations. | Vermont south to n. Georgia, in or near the Appalachians. |  (c) Goldman, Douglas - CC-BY-SA |
| Cyperaceae | Carex davisii | Davis's Sedge | Rich mesic upland forests, rich floodplain forests, calcareous oak savannas, calcareous meadows. | Vermont, Ontario, and Minnesota south to Virginia (Fairfax County) (Steury 2004b), e. West Virginia, nc. Tennessee (Chester et al. 1993), Arkansas, and Texas. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Cyperaceae | Carex formosa | Handsome Sedge | Dry, calcareous forests. | Québec west to North Dakota, south to n. New Jersey, c. Pennsylvania, nw. Ohio, ne. Illinois, and Minnesota. |  (c) Brinker, Samuel - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cyperaceae | Carex gracillima | Graceful Sedge | Moist ravine and slope forests, floodplains of rivers and large creeks. | Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) west to Manitoba, south to South Carolina (Gaddy et al. 1984), n. Georgia, Alabama, and n. Arkansas. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Cyperaceae | Carex misera | Wretched Sedge | Moderate to high elevation cliffs and rock outcrops. | A Southern Blue Ridge endemic: nw. North Carolina and w. Tennessee south to ne. Georgia (Rabun County) and nw. South Carolina. Discovered for South Carolina in 2022 (S. Tessel, pers.comm. 2022). |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Cyperaceae | Carex oxylepis | Sharp-scaled Sedge | Bottomlands, calcareous forests. | Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Oklahoma south to c. peninsular Florida and Texas. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Cyperaceae | Carex prasina | Drooping Sedge | Seepage swamps, brook banks, rocky stream margins, rich forests. | Maine, Ontario, and Wisconsin south to Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Cyperaceae | Carex roanensis | Roan Mountain Sedge | Cove forests, moderate to high elevation oak forests, northern hardwood forests. | Sw. Pennsylvania, w. Virginia, and e. West Virginia south through e. Kentucky, e. Tennessee, w. North Carolina to se. Tennessee and nw. Georgia (Smith & Waterway 2008; Smith et al. 2006). First reported for Virginia by Wieboldt et al. (1998). |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |