Carex L.
(sedges)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Carex acutiformis
Lesser Pond-sedge
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 		Species 25 images
Carex arenaria
Sand Sedge
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 		Species 2 images
Carex binervis
Green-ribbed Sedge
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 		Species 6 images
Carex buchananii
Silver-spiked Sedge
Species 1 ident. refs
Carex caryophyllea
Spring Sedge, Spring-sedge
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 		Species 7 images
Carex comans
New Zealand Hair-sedge
Species 1 ident. refs
Carex diandra
Lesser Tussock-sedge
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 		Species 8 images
Carex digitata
Fingered Sedge
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 		Species 5 images
Carex dioica
Dioecious Sedge
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 		Species 6 images 1 ident. refs
Carex divulsa
Grey Sedge
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 		Species 1 subtaxa 5 images
Carex echinata
Star Sedge
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 		Species 10 images
Carex elata
Tufted Sedge, Tufted-sedge
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Carex filiformis
Downy-fruited Sedge
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 		Species 3 images
Carex flacca
Glaucous Sedge
Inflorescence (Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Carex flava
Large Yellow-sedge
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 		Species 2 images
Carex hirta
Hairy Sedge
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 		Species 13 images
Carex humilis
Dwarf Sedge
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 		Species 10 images
Carex laevigata
Smooth-stalked Sedge
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 		Species 32 images
Carex leporina
Oval Sedge
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 		Species 10 images
Carex limosa
Bog-sedge
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 3 images
Carex muricata agg.
a sedge
Species aggregate 1 subtaxa 4 images
Carex muricata
Prickly Sedge
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 		Species 1 subtaxa 4 images
Carex nigra
Common Sedge
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 		Species 1 images
Carex otrubae
False Fox-sedge
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 		Species 12 images
Carex pallescens
Pale Sedge
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 		Species 9 images
Carex panicea
Carnation Sedge
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 		Species 30 images
Carex paniculata
Greater Tussock-sedge
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 		Species 6 images
Carex pendula
Pendulous Sedge
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Carex pilulifera
Pill Sedge
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 		Species 10 images
Carex pulicaris
Flea Sedge
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 		Species 16 images
Carex remota
Remote Sedge
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 		Species 5 images
Carex riparia
Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge
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 		Species 15 images
Carex rostrata
Bottle Sedge
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 		Species 45 images
Carex salina
Salt-marsh Sedge
Species 1 ident. refs
Carex strigosa
Thin-spiked Wood-sedge
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 		Species 7 images
Carex sylvatica
Wood Sedge, Wood-sedge
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 		Species 43 images
Carex vesicaria
Bladder-sedge
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 		Species 16 images
Carex viridula
Yellow Sedge
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 		Species 2 subtaxa 22 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCarex (sedges)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Chater, A.O. & David, R.W. Carex Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
Jermy A.C., Chater, A.O. & David, R.W. 1982 *** Sedges of the British Isles ***(Superseded) BSBI Handbooks, No 1, Second edition, 268pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)

Hampshire

Rand, M. Key to Sedges in Hampshire http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php

Carex (sedges) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex (sedges)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 676 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Carex (sedges)
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