Genus: Carex — sedge
Carex plants must have mature seeds for accurate identification. You also need to examine the basal portions of the stems and the underground organs. The basal portion of the plant is important for observing the leaf sheath color, presence/absence of blades, and the form of the sheath as it disintegrates. Observation of underground organs is necessary to determine if the plants are rhizomatous or clumped.
Family
This genus’s species in New England
- Carex abscondita
- Carex acutiformis
- Carex adusta
- Carex aestivalis
- Carex alata
- Carex albicans
- Carex albolutescens
- Carex albursina
- Carex alopecoidea
- Carex amphibola
- Carex annectens
- Carex appalachica
- Carex aquatilis
- Carex arcta
- Carex arctata
- Carex arctogena
- Carex argyrantha
- Carex atherodes
- Carex atlantica
- Carex atratiformis
- Carex aurea
- Carex backii
- Carex baileyi
- Carex barrattii
- Carex bebbii
- Carex bicknellii
- Carex bigelowii
- Carex billingsii
- Carex blanda
- Carex brevior
- Carex bromoides
- Carex brunnea
- Carex brunnescens
- Carex bullata
- Carex bushii
- Carex buxbaumii
- Carex canescens
- Carex capillaris
- Carex caryophyllea
- Carex castanea
- Carex cephaloidea
- Carex cephalophora
- Carex chordorrhiza
- Carex collinsii
- Carex communis
- Carex comosa
- Carex conoidea
- Carex crawei
- Carex crawfordii
- Carex crinita
- Carex cristatella
- Carex cryptolepis
- Carex cumulata
- Carex davisii
- Carex debilis
- Carex deflexa
- Carex deweyana
- Carex diandra
- Carex digitalis
- Carex disperma
- Carex eburnea
- Carex echinata
- Carex echinodes
- Carex emoryi
- Carex exilis
- Carex festucacea
- Carex flacca
- Carex flava
- Carex foenea
- Carex folliculata
- Carex formosa
- Carex garberi
- Carex glaucodea
- Carex gracilescens
- Carex gracillima
- Carex granularis
- Carex grayi
- Carex grisea
- Carex gynandra
- Carex gynocrates
- Carex haydenii
- Carex hirsutella
- Carex hirta
- Carex hirtifolia
- Carex hitchcockiana
- Carex hormathodes
- Carex houghtoniana
- Carex hystericina
- Carex interior
- Carex intumescens
- Carex kobomugi
- Carex lacustris
- Carex laevivaginata
- Carex lasiocarpa
- Carex laxiculmis
- Carex laxiflora
- Carex lenticularis
- Carex leptalea
- Carex leptonervia
- Carex limosa
- Carex livida
- Carex longii
- Carex lucorum
- Carex lupuliformis
- Carex lupulina
- Carex lurida
- Carex mackenziei
- Carex magellanica
- Carex meadii
- Carex media
- Carex merritt-fernaldii
- Carex mesochorea
- Carex michauxiana
- Carex mitchelliana
- Carex molesta
- Carex muehlenbergii
- Carex nigra
- Carex nigromarginata
- Carex normalis
- Carex novae-angliae
- Carex oklahomensis
- Carex oligocarpa
- Carex oligosperma
- Carex ormostachya
- Carex oronensis
- Carex ovalis
- Carex paleacea
- Carex pallescens
- Carex panicea
- Carex pauciflora
- Carex peckii
- Carex pedunculata
- Carex pellita
- Carex pensylvanica
- Carex plantaginea
- Carex platyphylla
- Carex polymorpha
- Carex praegracilis
- Carex prairea
- Carex prasina
- Carex praticola
- Carex projecta
- Carex pseudocyperus
- Carex radiata
- Carex rariflora
- Carex recta
- Carex retroflexa
- Carex retrorsa
- Carex reznicekii
- Carex richardsonii
- Carex rosea
- Carex rostrata
- Carex saxatilis
- Carex scabrata
- Carex schweinitzii
- Carex scirpoidea
- Carex scoparia
- Carex seorsa
- Carex siccata
- Carex silicea
- Carex sparganioides
- Carex spicata
- Carex sprengelii
- Carex squarrosa
- Carex sterilis
- Carex stipata
- Carex straminea
- Carex striata
- Carex striatula
- Carex stricta
- Carex styloflexa
- Carex swanii
- Carex sychnocephala
- Carex tenera
- Carex tenuiflora
- Carex tetanica
- Carex tincta
- Carex tonsa
- Carex torta
- Carex tribuloides
- Carex trichocarpa
- Carex trisperma
- Carex tuckermanii
- Carex typhina
- Carex umbellata
- Carex utriculata
- Carex vacillans
- Carex vaginata
- Carex vesicaria
- Carex vestita
- Carex virescens
- Carex viridula
- Carex vulpinoidea
- Carex wiegandii
- Carex willdenowii
Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key