Carex vesicaria is an essentially Holarctic species of sedge known as bladder sedge, inflated sedge, and blister sedge. It has been used to insulate footwear in Norway and among the Sami people, and for basketry in North America.
Carex acutata is a species of sedge, a flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1846. Carex acutata is native to South America. In Bolivia it occurs at elevations of 3,500–4,000 m (11,500–13,100 ft).
Carex alligata, the Hawaiʻi sedge, is a species of sedge that is endemic to Hawaii.
Carex austrina, known as southern sedge, is a species of sedge endemic to the southern and central United States.
Carex autumnalis is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It was first formally named by Jisaburo Ohwi in 1930. Carex autumnalis is native to Japan and mainland eastern Asia, from southeastern China to North Korea. In China it grows in shady ravines.
Carex aztecica is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is native to Central America.
Carex banksii is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. Carex banksii is native to South America and was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1839.
Carex gunniana is an Australia species of sedge that was first described in 1845 by Boott in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. It is native to eastern Australia and Tasmania.
Carex bebbii, Bebb's sedge, is a species of sedge native to the northern United States and Canada. Carex bebbii grows in a variety of wetland habitats such as lakeshores, streambanks, ditches, meadows, swamps, and seeps. It forms dense tufts with culms up to 90 centimeters tall.
Carex tenera, known as quill sedge, is a species of sedge native to the northern United States and Canada.
Carex brevior, known as shortbeak sedge and plains oval sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America. The specific epithet brevior means "shorter" in Latin.
Carex careyana, commonly known as Carey's sedge, is a species of sedge found in the eastern United States and Ontario, Canada.
Carex annectens, sometimes called yellow-fruited fox sedge, is a species of sedge native to most of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. It is common in prairies and high-water table fallow fields. In the Chicago area, its coefficient of conservatism is 3, and in Michigan, it is only 1, indicating its relatively low fidelity to high quality habitats.
Carex lupulina, known as hop sedge or common hop sedge, is a species of sedge native to most of eastern North America.
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.
Carex aematorhyncha is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to South America. It was first formally named in 1854 in the sixth volume of Flora chilena.
Carex laxiculmis, the creeping sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Ontario, Canada, and the central and eastern United States. As with most species of sedge, it prefers to grow in shady, wet areas. Its cultivar 'Hobb', sold under the trade designation Bunny Blue, is available from commercial nurseries.
Carex deweyanaDewey's sedge, short-scale sedge, is a species of sedge native to Canada and the United States.
Carex virescens, the ribbed sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to eastern North America. It strongly resembles and has nearly the same range as Carex swanii.
