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Carex divisa is a species of sedge known by the common names divided sedge [1] [2] and separated sedge. [3] It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and considered naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, and scattered locations in North America.
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 interior is a species of sedge known by the common name inland sedge. It is native to much of North America from Alaska to northern Mexico to the mid-Atlantic United States. It grows in wet habitat, most often in calcareous soils. This sedge produces clumps of stems approaching a meter in maximum height, with a few leaves at each stem.
Carex occidentalis is a species of sedge known by the common name western sedge. It is native to the southwestern United States and parts of the west as far north as Montana. It grows mainly in dry habitat such as woodland and grassland. The plant produces very narrow stems up to about 90 centimeters in maximum height, sometimes with rhizomes.
Carex baileyi is a sedge in section Vesicariae the genus Carex (true sedges) native to the Appalachian Mountains in Eastern North America. [1] It is commonly called Bailey's sedge . [ 2 ] Carex baileyi was named in honor of Liberty Hyde Bailey by its discoverer, Nathaniel Lord Britton .
Carex granularis, the limestone meadow sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Canada and the United States east of the Rockies. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] As its common name suggests, it prefers wet areas and can tolerate alkaline conditions.
Carex praegracilis produces sharply triangular stems up 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall from a network of thin, coarse rhizomes. The inflorescence is a dense, somewhat cylindrical array of flower spikes up to 4 or 5 cm (1.6 or 2.0 in) long.
Carex aboriginum grows in tussocks around 55–80 centimeters (22–31 in) tall, with linear leaves about 3.0–4.5 mm (0.12–0.18 in) wide. It produces inflorescences comprising 1–3 pistillate (female) spikes, and a terminal spike which is either staminate (male) or gynecandrous (male at the base and female towards the tip).