Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex (Sedge)
Carex microglochin Wahlenb. - Bristle Sedge
Carex pauciflora Lightf. - Few-Flowered Sedge
Carex pulicaris L. - Flea Sedge
Carex obtusata Lilj. - Obtuse Sedge
Carex rupestris All. - Rock Sedge
Carex capitata L. - Capitate Sedge
Carex davalliana Sm. - Davall's Sedge
Carex dioica L. - Dioecious Sedge
Carex baldensis L. - Monte Baldo Sedge
Carex curvula All. - Curly Sedge
Carex arenaria L. - Sand Sedge
Carex colchica J. Gay - French Sedge
Carex muricata L. - Large-Fruited Prickly-Sedge
Carex spicata Huds. - Spiked Sedge
Carex divulsa Stokes - Grey Sedge
Carex vulpina L. - True Fox-Sedge
Carex cuprina (Heuff.) A. Kern. - False Fox-Sedge
Carex brizoides L. - Quaking-Grass Sedge
Carex praecox Schreb. - Spring Sedge
Carex disticha Huds. - Brown Sedge
Carex chordorrhiza L. f. - String Sedge
Carex diandra Schrank - Lesser Tussock-Sedge
Carex appropinquata Schumach. - Fibrous Tussock-Sedge
Carex paniculata L. - Greater Tussock-Sedge
Carex bohemica Schreb. - Bohemian Sedge
Carex leporina L. - Oval Sedge
Carex heleonastes L. f. - Hudson Bay Sedge
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. - Brownish Sedge
Carex canescens L. - White Sedge
Carex elongata L. - Elongated Sedge
Carex echinata Murray - Star Sedge
Carex remota L. - Remote Sedge
Carex loliacea L. - Darnel Sedge
Carex digitata L. - Fingered Sedge
Carex ornithopoda Willd. - Bird's-Foot Sedge
Carex humilis Leyss. - Dwarf Sedge
Carex halleriana Asso - Haller's Sedge
Carex alba Scop. - Small White Sedge
Carex magellanica Lam. - Tall Bog-Sedge
Carex limosa L. - Bog-Sedge
Carex pilulifera L. - Pill Sedge
Carex montana L. - Soft-Leaved Sedge
Carex fritschii Waisb.
Carex ericetorum Pollich - Rare Spring-Sedge
Carex supina Wahlenb. - Weak Arctic Sedge
Carex caryophyllea Latourr. - Spring-Sedge
Carex umbrosa Host - Shady Sedge
Carex pallescens L. - Pale Sedge
Carex filiformis L. - Downy-Fruited Sedge
Carex panicea L. - Carnation Sedge
Carex vaginata Tausch - Sheathed Sedge
Carex flacca Schreb. - Glaucous Sedge
Carex pendula Huds. - Pendulous Sedge
Carex atrata L. - Black Alpine-Sedge
Carex parviflora Host - Small-Flowered Sedge
Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. - Club Sedge
Carex hartmanii Cajander - Hartman's Sedge
Carex norvegica Retz. - Close-Headed Alpine-Sedge
Carex bigelowii Schwein. - Stiff Sedge
Carex trinervis Degl. - Three-Nerved Sedge
Carex randalpina B. Walln. - Inn Sedge
Carex acuta L. - Slender Tufted-Sedge
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard - Common Sedge
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. - Water Sedge
Carex cespitosa L. - Lesser Tufted-Sedge
Carex elata All. - Tufted-Sedge
Carex buekii Wimm. - Banat Sedge
Carex ferruginea Scop. - Rusty Sedge
Carex sempervirens Vill. - Alpine Tufted Sedge
Carex firma Host - Cushion Sedge
Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr - Red-Brown Sedge
Carex frigida All. - Ice Sedge
Carex brachystachys Schrank - Short-Spiked Sedge
Carex mucronata All. - Peaked Sedge
Carex capillaris L. - Hair Sedge
Carex strigosa Huds. - Thin-Spiked Wood-Sedge
Carex sylvatica Huds. - Wood-Sedge
Carex laevigata Sm. - Smooth-Stalked Sedge
Carex pilosa Scop. - Hairy Sedge
Carex depauperata With. - Starved Wood-Sedge
Carex michelii Host - Michel's Sedge
Carex punctata Gaudin - Dotted Sedge
Carex hostiana DC. - Tawny Sedge
Carex distans L. - Distant Sedge
Carex binervis Sm. - Green-Ribbed Sedge
Carex extensa Gooden. - Long-Bracted Sedge
Carex flava L. - Large Yellow-Sedge
Carex lepidocarpa Tausch - Long-Stalked Yellow-Sedge
Carex viridula Michx. - Long-Stalked Yellow-Sedge
Carex demissa Hornem. - Common Yellow-Sedge
Carex hordeistichos Vill. - Barley Sedge
Carex secalina Wahlenb. - Rye Sedge
Carex acutiformis Ehrh. - Lesser Pond-Sedge
Carex melanostachya Willd. - Nodding Pond Sedge
Carex riparia Curtis - Greater Pond-Sedge
Carex rostrata Stokes - Bottle Sedge
Carex vesicaria L. - Bladder-Sedge
Carex pseudocyperus L. - Cyperus Sedge
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. - Slender Sedge
Carex hirta L. - Hairy Sedge
Carex atherodes Spreng. - Wheat Sedge
10–40 cm tall, <ba><b>bunch-shaped</b></ba>, <b>monoecious or dioecious</b>. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> <ba><b>1 terminal spike</b></ba>, <ba><b>unisexual</b></ba>, ♂‑spikelets rarely also with single ♀‑flowers. <span c...
Natural, established occurences | Artificial occurences |
bogs, sedge-lands, extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths
in nutrient-poor, alkaline, moist to wet habitats