Sedge-family lists

You can open other lists of sedge species (both Carex and non-Carex) on the left menu-bar (while remaining on the present page) from the table below.

  Open list of:
non-Carex (1) species:
Eleocharis and Trichophorum
Spike-rushes and Deergrass
  Open list of:
non-Carex (2) species:
Eriophorum
Cottongrass species
  Open list of:
Carex species (1):
stems single-spiked
Includes Kobresia (now Carex)
  Open list of:
Carex species (2):
multiple-spiked species
- spikes not distinct male or female
- spikes at the top of stem
  Open list of:
Carex species (3):
multiple-spiked species
- spikes not distinct male or female
- spikes along stem
  Open list of:
Carex species (4):
multiple-spiked species
- spikes distinct male or female + intermediate spikes
- female flowers have 3 stigmas - fruits trigonous (triangular globose)
- drooping female spikes
  Open list of:
Carex species (5):
multiple-spiked species
- spikes distinct male or female + intermediate spikes
- female flowers have 3 stigmas - fruits trigonous (triangular globose)
- non-drooping female spikes
  Open list of:
Carex species (6):
multiple-spiked species
- spikes distinct male or female + intermediate spikes
- female flowers have 2 stigmas - fruits lenticular (lens-shaped)