9 results for genus: Carex. section: [26oo] Section 28 Paludosae. More search options

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Cyperaceae	Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond Sedge	Marsh edges, wet fields.	Native of Eurasia (FNA, Kartesz 1999). Introduced in MD and NY.
Cyperaceae	Carex hyalinolepis	Shoreline Sedge	Tidal marshes, tidal and nontidal swamp forests.	NJ south to Panhandle FL, west to TX, north in the interior to KS and NE; disjunct around the Great Lakes in MI, IN, and s. ON.
Cyperaceae	Carex lacustris	Lakeshore Sedge, Lakeside Sedge	Calcareous spring marshes, freshwater to oligohaline tidal marshes.	QC west to SK, south to e. VA, w. VA, and NE.
Cyperaceae	Carex lasiocarpa var. americana	Slender Sedge	In shallow water of alkaline spring seeps, on hummocks in acidic basin marshes, and in high elevation fen over amphibolite.	A circumboreal species; var. lasiocarpa is Eurasian, var. americana ranges from NL west to AK, south to NJ, WV, MD (C. Frye, pers. comm. 2000), VA, nw. NC, MO, IA, CO, UT, and n. CA. Reported for the Ozark portion of MO (J. Thomas, pers. comm., 2020). First reported for VA by Wieboldt et al. (1998). Found for the first time in NC in the valley of Long Hope Creek (Ashe County, NC), in Jul 1999 by A.S. Weakley and P.D. McMillan.
Cyperaceae	Carex pellita	Woolly Sedge	Calcareous fens, wet meadows, depression swamps.	NB west to BC, south to sc. NC, w. VA, sc. NC (Suther Prairie, Cabarrus County), sc. TN (May Prairie, Coffee County), e. TN, AR, and CA.
Cyperaceae	Carex pumila		Open disturbed sand flats.	Native of Asia.
Cyperaceae	Carex striata var. brevis	Walter’s Sedge	Pocosins, limesink ponds, small depression ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, acid peaty swamps, wet savannas (dominated by Pinus serotina and/or Taxodium ascendens).	E. MA south to SC.
Cyperaceae	Carex striata var. striata	Walter’s Sedge, Pocosin Sedge	Pocosins, limesink ponds, small depression ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, acid peaty swamps, wet savannas (dominated by Pinus serotina and/or Taxodium ascendens).	SC south to c. FL and Panhandle FL.
Cyperaceae	Carex vestita	Velvet Sedge	Low forests, bogs, seepage swamps, wet clearings and depressions.	S. ME south to se. VA, e. TN, and c. NC. See Ungberg (2022) for discussion of its occurrence in NC.

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