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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 brizoides, the quaking sedge or quaking-grass sedge, is a species in the genus Carex, native to central and southern Europe. [2] Even where it is a native species, in disturbed woodlands it tends to behave invasively, forming a thick layer on the forest floor and reducing species diversity. [3] [4]
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 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 prasina, the drooping sedge (a name it shares with Carex longebrachiata and Carex pendula), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to eastern Canada, and the north-central and eastern United States. [2]
Carex alba, called the small white sedge, white-flowered sedge or just white sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae. [2] It is typically found in temperate forests of Eurasia, from the Pyrenees to the Russian Far East. [ 1 ]
Magyar; Nederlands; ... Pages in category "Carex" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 921 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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.