Carex emoryi, the riverbank tussock sedge or Emory's sedge, is a species of sedge native to Canada, the United States, and the states of Chihuahua and Coahuila in northern Mexico.
Carex plantaginea, commonly known as carex plantain, plaintainleaf sedge, or seersucker sedge, is a perennial herb of the sedge family.
Carex arctiformis, the polar sedge, is a species of sedge native to sphagnum bogs and other wetlands in northwestern North America.
Carex atrosquama, the lesser blackscale sedge, is a species of sedge that was first formally named by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1912. It is native to the northwestern United States and western Canada, from Alaska south to Utah and Colorado. It grows in alpine and subalpine meadows, as well as along rivers and streams in gravelly areas.
Carex austrina, known as southern sedge, is a species of sedge endemic to the southern and central United States.
Carex albursina is a wide-leaved sedge. It grows in moist deciduous or mixed woods in eastern North America. It was named after White Bear Lake in east central Minnesota, where it was found by Edmund Sheldon in the 1890s. The leaves are 10–38 mm wide and 10–35 cm long.
Carex blanda, the common woodland sedge or eastern woodland sedge, is a sedge native to a wide variety of habitats in the eastern and central United States and Canada.
Carex bicknellii, known as Bicknell's sedge and copper-shouldered oval sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America. Carex bicknellii grows in small clumps with fewer than 25 flowering stems per clump. It is found in mesic to dry prairies, savannas, and open woodlands.
Carex cristatella is a species of sedge native to eastern North America. It is an introduced species in Europe. Carex cristatella is a common species in wetlands such as swamps, marshes, shorelines, and wet prairies.
Carex sect. Phacocystis is a section of the genus Carex, containing between 70 and 90 species worldwide. With 31 species in the North American flora, sedges in Carex sect. Phacocystis commonly occur in wetlands such as shorelines, marshes, and tundra.
Carex albolutescens, known as greenish-white sedge or greenwhite sedge is a species of sedge native primarily to the lower Midwest and Eastern United States. C. albolutescens grows in wetlands, with an affinity toward acidic soils in swamps and woodlands.
Carex tenera, known as quill sedge, is a species of sedge native to the northern United States and Canada.
Carex shinnersii is a species of sedge described in 2001. It is native to North America, found in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Carex silicea, known as beach sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America. It is found in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.
Carex stenoptila, known as riverbank sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America.
Carex straminea, known as eastern straw sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America.
Carex suberecta, known as prairie straw sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America.
Carex arapahoensis, known as Arapaho sedge, is a species of sedge endemic to the western United States. It is found only in Colorado and Utah in alpine and subalpine habitat.
Carex viridula, known as little green sedge, green sedge, or greenish sedge, is a small flowering plant native to North America, Europe, Asia, and Morocco.
Carex amphibola, known as gray sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It was first formally named in 1855. Carex amphibola is native to the eastern United States and Canada.
Detail of fruiting spike