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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 remota, the remote sedge, is a species in the genus Carex, native to Europe, the Atlas Mountains in Africa, and western Asia. [2]
Carex praecox, the spring sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Europe, western Asia, and Mongolia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its diploid chromosome number is 2n=58, with some uncertainty.
Carex digitata, finger sedge, or fingered sedge is a species in the genus Carex, native to Europe and western Asia. [2] It is found most often in shady, deciduous mesotrophic oak‑hornbeam forests. [ 3 ]
Carex davalliana, or Davall's sedge, is a species of sedge found in inland wetlands across continental Europe. [3] It is dioecious , with male and female flowers on separate plants. [ 3 ]
Carex rorulenta is a carpet-forming plant, distinguished from other Carex species because of its short stems and thin leaves. Leaves are dark green and pubescent. Leaves are dark green and pubescent. The flowers are unobtrusive, and appear at the ends of a filiform leaf-stalk. [ 2 ]
Carex umbrosa is a species of sedge native to Europe and Asia as far east as Japan. [2] Distribution and habitat. This species grows throughout Europe to the Caucasus
Carex vulpina, the true fox sedge, is a species in the genus Carex, native to Europe and western Asia. [2] It is difficult to distinguish it from its close relative ...