Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Cyperaceae

Carex - [maps | photos]

• Carex abscondita Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: thicket sedge

• Carex aestivaliformis Mackenzie (TN Special Concern)

• Carex aestivalis M.A. Curtis ex Gray
  Common Name: summer sedge

• Carex aggregata Mackenzie
  Common Name: glomerate sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. var. aggregata (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex alata Torr.
  Common Name: broadwing sedge

• Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: whitetinge sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex artitecta Mackenzie

         • Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. albicans

• Carex albolutescens Schwein.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: greenwhite sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex longii Mackenzie

• Carex albursina Sheld.
  Common Name: white bear sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. latifolia Boott

• Carex allegheniensis Mack.
  Common Name: Allegheny sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. pubera Gray

• Carex alopecoidea Tuckerman (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: foxtail sedge

• Carex amphibola Steud.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: inflated narrowleaf sedge

• Carex annectens (Bickn.) Bickn.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: yellowfruit sedge

• Carex appalachica J.M. Webber & P.W. Ball
  Common Name: Appalachian sedge

• Carex argyrantha Tuckerman (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: silvery-flowered sedge

• Carex atlantica Bailey ssp. atlantica
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: prickly bog sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex incomperta Bickn.

• Carex atlantica Bailey ssp. capillacea (Bailey) Reznicek
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: prickly bog sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex howei Mackenzie

• Carex aureolensis Steud.
  Common Name: broadscale sedge

• Carex austrina Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: southern sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. australis Olney ex Bailey

• Carex austrocaroliniana Bailey
  Common Name: tarheel sedge

• Carex baileyi Britton
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Bailey's sedge

• Carex barrattii Schwein. & Torr. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Barratt's sedge

• Carex basiantha Steud.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Willdenow's sedge

• Carex blanda Dewey
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: eastern woodland sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. blanda (Dewey) Boott

• Carex brevior (Dewey) Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: shortbeak sedge

• Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willd. ssp. montana Naczi (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland

• Carex bromoides Schkuhr. ex Willd. ssp. bromoides
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: broomlike sedge

• Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: brownish sedge

• Carex bulbostylis Mackenzie (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Bulbous sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex amphibola Steud. var. globosa (Bailey) Bailey

         • Carex grisea Wahl. var. globosa Bailey

• Carex bullata Schkuhr ex Willd. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: button sedge

• Carex bushii Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Bush's sedge

• Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Buxbaum's sedge

• Carex canescens L. ssp. disjuncta (Fern.) Toivonen (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: silvery sedge

• Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey
  Common Name: Carey's sedge

• Carex caroliniana Schwein.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Carolina sedge

• Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: oval-leaf sedge

• Carex cherokeensis Schwein.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: Cherokee sedge

• Carex collinsii Nutt.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Collins' sedge

• Carex communis Bailey
  Common Name: fibrousroot sedge

• Carex comosa Boott (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: longhair sedge

• Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: hirsute sedge

• Carex conjuncta Boott
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: soft fox sedge

• Carex corrugata Fernald
  Common Name: inflated narrowleaf sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex amphibola Steud.

• Carex crawei Dewey
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Crawe's sedge

• Carex crebriflora Wiegand
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: coastal plain sedge

• Carex crinita Lam. var. brevicrinis Fernald
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: fringed sedge

• Carex crinita Lam. var. crinita
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: fringed sedge

• Carex cristatella Britton
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: crested sedge

• Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: ravenfoot sedge

• Carex cumberlandensis Naczi, Kral & Bryson
  Common Name: Cumberland sedge

• Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Davis' sedge

• Carex debilis Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: white edge sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. pubera Gray

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei Bailey

• Carex decomposita Muhl.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cypressknee sedge

• Carex digitalis Willd. var. digitalis
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: slender woodland sedge

• Carex digitalis Willd. var. macropoda Fern.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: slender woodland sedge

• Carex eburnea Boott
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: bristleleaf sedge

• Carex echinata Murr. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: star sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex echinata Murr. var. angustata (Carey) Bailey

         • Carex angustior Mack.

• Carex emmonsii Dewey ex Torr.
  Common Name: Emmons' sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.)

• Carex festucacea Schkuhr. ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: fescue sedge

• Carex flaccosperma Dewey
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: thinfruit sedge

• Carex flexuosa Muhl. ex Willd.
  Common Name: Rudge's white-edge sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. pubera Gray

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei Bailey

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. interjecta Bailey

• Carex folliculata L. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: northern long sedge

• Carex frankii Kunth
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Frank's sedge

• Carex fumosimontana D. Estes (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Smoky Mountain sedge

• Carex gigantea Rudge
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: giant sedge

• Carex glaucescens Ell.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: southern waxy sedge

• Carex glaucodea Tuckerman ex Olney
  Common Name: blue sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex flaccosperma Dewey var. glaucodea (Tuckerman ex Olney) Kukenth.

• Carex gracilescens Steud.
  Common Name: slender looseflower sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. gracillima (Boott) Boott ex B.L. Rob. & Fernald

• Carex gracillima Schwein.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: graceful sedge

• Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: limestone meadow sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex haleana Olney

         • Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. var. haleana (Olney) Porter

• Carex gravida Bailey var. gravida
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland

• Carex gravida Bailey var. lunelliana (Mack.) Herm.  (Fed Delisted)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland

• Carex grayi J. Carey
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Gray's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex grayi J. Carey var. hispidula A. Gray

• Carex grisea Wahlenb.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: inflated narrowleaf sedge

• Carex gynandra Schwein.
  Common Name: nodding sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex crinita Lam. var. gynandra (Schwein.) Schwein. & Torr.

• Carex hirsutella Mackenzie
  Common Name: fuzzy sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. var. hirsuta (Bailey) Gleason

         • Carex hirsuta Willd.

• Carex hirtifolia Mackenzie (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: pubescent sedge

• Carex hitchcockiana Dewey (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Hitchcock's sedge

• Carex hyalinolepis Steud. (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: shoreline sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex lacustris Willd.

• Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bottlebrush sedge

• Carex interior Bailey (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: inland sedge

• Carex intumescens Rudge
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: greater bladder sedge

• Carex jamesii Schwein.
  Common Name: James' sedge

• Carex joorii Bailey
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cypress swamp sedge

• Carex kraliana Naczi & Bryson
  Common Name: Kral's sedge

• Carex laevivaginata (Kük.) Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smoothsheath sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var. laevivaginata Kük.

• Carex laxiculmis Schwein. var. copulata (Bailey) Fernald
  Common Name: spreading sedge

• Carex laxiculmis Schwein. var. laxiculmis
  Common Name: spreading sedge

• Carex laxiflora Lam.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: broad looseflower sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. serrulata F.J. Herm.

• Carex leavenworthii Dewey
  Common Name: Leavenworth's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd. var. leavenworthii (Dewey) Kük.

• Carex leptalea Wahlenb.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bristlystalked sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex leptalea Wahlenb. ssp. harperi (Fenald) W. stone

• Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: nerveless woodland sedge

• Carex lonchocarpa Willd. ex Spreng. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: southern long sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex folliculata L. var. australis Bailey

• Carex longii Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Long's sedge

• Carex louisianica Bailey
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Louisiana sedge

• Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum Rettig
  Common Name: Blue Ridge sedge

• Carex lupuliformis Sartwell ex Dewey
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: false hop sedge

• Carex lupulina Willd.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: hop sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. var. pedunculata Gray

• Carex lurida Wahlenb.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland

• Carex manhartii Bryson (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Manhart's sedge

• Carex meadii Dewey
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Mead's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex tetanica Schkuhr var. meadii (Dewey) Bailey

• Carex mesochorea Mackenzie
  Common Name: midland sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd. var. mesochorea (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex misera Buckley (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: wretched sedge

• Carex mitchelliana M.A. Curtis
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex crinita Lam. var. mitchelliana (M.A. Curtis) Gleason

• Carex molesta Mackenzie ex Bright
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: troublesome sedge

• Carex molestiformis Reznicek & Rothrock
  Common Name: frightful sedge

• Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. enervis Boott
  Common Name: Muhlenberg's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex plana Mackenzie

• Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. muehlenbergii
  Common Name: Muhlenberg's sedge

• Carex muskingumensis Schwein. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Muskingum River sedge

• Carex nigromarginata Schwein.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: black edge sedge

• Carex normalis Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: greater straw sedge

• Carex oblita Steud.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: darkgreen sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckl

• Carex oklahomensis Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Oklahoma sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var. oklahomensis (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex oligocarpa Schkuhr. ex Willd.
  Common Name: richwoods sedge

• Carex ouachitana Kral, Manhart & Bryson (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Ouachita Mountain sedge

• Carex ovalis * Goodenough
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: eggbract sedge

• Carex oxylepis Torr. and Hook. var. oxylepis
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: Sharpscale sedge

• Carex oxylepis Torr. and Hook. var. pubescens J.K. Underwood
  Common Name: Hairy Sharpscale sedge

• Carex pallescens L. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: pale sedge

• Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: longstalk sedge

• Carex pellita Muhl. ex Willd. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: woolly sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex lanuginosa auct. non Michx.

• Carex pensylvanica Lam.
  Common Name: Pennsylvania sedge

• Carex physorhyncha Lieb.ex Steud.
  Common Name: stellate sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (Mailey) Rettig

• Carex picta Steud.
  Common Name: painted sedge

• Carex pigra Naczi
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slow sedge

• Carex planispicata Naczi
  Common Name: flat-spiked sedge

• Carex plantaginea Lam.
  Common Name: plantainleaf sedge

• Carex platyphylla J. Carey
  Common Name: broadleaf sedge

• Carex prasina Wahlenb.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: drooping sedge

• Carex projecta Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: necklace sedge

• Carex purpurifera Mackenzie
  Common Name: purple sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. purpurifera (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex radiata (Wahl.) Small
  Common Name: eastern star sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex rosea Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. radiata (Wahl.) Dewey

• Carex reniformis (Bailey) Small (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: kidneyshape sedge

• Carex retroflexa Muhl. ex Willd.
  Common Name: reflexed sedge

• Carex reznicekii Werier
  Common Name: Reznicek's edge

• Carex roanensis F.J. Herm. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Roan Mountain sedge

• Carex rosea Schkuhr. ex Willd.
  Common Name: rosy sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex convoluta Mackenzie

• Carex ruthii Mackenzie (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Ruth's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex muricata L. var. ruthii (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex scabrata Schwein.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: eastern rough sedge

• Carex scoparia Schkuhr. ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: broom sedge

• Carex seorsa Howe
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: weak stellate sedge

• Carex shortiana Dewey
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Short's sedge

• Carex socialis Mohlenbrock & Schwegman
  Common Name: low woodland sedge

• Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: burr reed sedge

• Carex squarrosa L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: squarrose sedge

• Carex sterilis Willd. (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: dioecious sedge

• Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var. maxima Chapm. ex Boott
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: owlfruit sedge

• Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var. stipata
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: owlfruit sedge

• Carex striatula Michx.
  Common Name: lined sedge

• Carex stricta Lam.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: upright sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex stricta var. elongata (Bock.) Gleason

         • Carex stricta var. strictior (Dew.) Carey

• Carex styloflexa Buckley
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: bent sedge

• Carex superata Naczi, Reznicek & Ford
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: limestone forest sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex willdenowii Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. megarrhyncha F.J. Herm.

• Carex swanii (Fern.) Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: Swan's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex virescens Muhl. ex Willd. var. swanii Fernald

• Carex tenera Dewey
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: quill sedge

• Carex tetanica Schkuhr (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: rigid sedge

• Carex texensis (Torr. ex Bailey) Bailey
  Common Name: Texas sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex rosea Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. texensis Torr. ex Bailey

• Carex timida Naczi & Ford
  Common Name: timid sedge

• Carex tonsa (Fernald) Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mackenzie) Crins
  Common Name: parachute sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex rugosperma Mackenzie var. tonsa (Fernald) E. G. Voss

• Carex tonsa (Fernald) Bicknell var. tonsa
  Common Name: shaved sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willdenow var. tonsa Fernald

• Carex torta Boott ex Tuckerman
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: twisted sedge

• Carex triangularis Boeckl.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: eastern fox sedge

         • Carex vulpinoidea Michx. var. triangularis (Boeckl.) Kük.

• Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: blunt broom sedge

• Carex trichocarpa Willd.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: hairyfruit sedge

• Carex typhina Michx.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cattail sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex squarrosa L. var. typhina (Michx.) Nutt.

• Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willd.
  Common Name: parasol sedge

• Carex utriculata Boott. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Northwest Territory sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex rostrata Stokes var. utriculata (Boott) Bailey

• Carex vestita Willd. (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  Common Name: velvet sedge

• Carex virescens Muhl. ex Willd.
  Common Name: ribbed sedge

• Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: fox sedge

• Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Willdenow's sedge

• Carex woodii Dewey (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: wood's sedge

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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