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Carex firma forms thick cushions. Its leaves are up to 8 centimetres (3.1 in) long in normal conditions (up to 10 cm or 4 in in moist, sheltered localities), dark green and stiff. [1] The stems are up to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall (exceptionally 30 cm or 12 in), but always at least twice as long as the leaves. [1]
Carex is a vast genus of over 2,000 species [2] of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called true sedges , and it is the most species-rich genus in the family.
Carex parviflora, called the small-flowered sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to central and southern Europe. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its chromosome number is 2n=54. [ 4 ]
Carex rupestris, called the curly sedge and rock sedge (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to temperate and subarctic North America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, and Asia.
Carex umbrosa is a perennial, [4] tussock-forming, rhizomatous, grass-like plant, reaching about 15 cm in height. Leaves are flat-bladed, green, growing between 15 and 20 cm in height. Inflorescence is a spike, brown in colour, flowering in early summer. [5]
Carex sempervirens is a vigorous, perennial grass-like plant, growing between 20–50 cm in height; glabrous, with a very tenacious rootstock; the stem leafy only at the base. Leaves are 2–4 mm wide, rough, and shorter than the stem.
A. Carex × abitibiana; Carex aboriginum; Carex abrupta; Carex abscondita; Carex acaulis; Carex accrescens; Carex acidicola; Carex acocksii; Carex acuta; Carex acutata
Carex careyana, commonly known as Carey's sedge, [3] is a species of sedge found in the eastern United States and Ontario, Canada. [4] [5] Its natural habitat is nutrient-rich moist forests, often on rocky calcareous slopes, and around outcrops such as caves or sinkholes. [6] [7] It is a conservative species, only being found in intact natural ...