BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)
CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
Carex
(sedges)
Carex
is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants
(via Liliidae)
Macrophytes
(via Spermatophyta)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Carex (sedges)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #refs
Species Carex acutiformis Ehrh. (Lesser Pond-sedge) 3 22  
Species Carex arenaria L. (Sand Sedge) 2    
Species Carex binervis Smith (Green-ribbed Sedge)   6  
Species Carex caryophyllea Latour. (Spring Sedge) 7    
Species Carex digitata L. (Fingered Sedge) 5    
Species Carex dioica L (Dioecious Sedge) 6   1
Species Carex divulsa Stokes (Grey Sedge)   5  
Species Carex echinata Murray (Star Sedge)   10  
Species Carex filiformis L. (Downy-fruited Sedge) 3    
Species Carex flacca Schreber (Glaucous Sedge) 1 11 1
Aggregate Carex flava agg. (yellow sedges) 2    
Species Carex hirta L. (Hairy Sedge)   13  
Species Carex laevigata Smith (Smooth-stalked Sedge)   15  
Species Carex limosa L. (Bog-sedge) 3    
Aggregate Carex muricata agg. L. sensu lato (a sedge)   4  
Species Carex nigra (L.) Reichard (Common Sedge) 1    
Species Carex otrubae Podp. (False Fox-sedge) 3 9  
Species Carex ovalis Gooden. (Oval Sedge) 2 8  
Species Carex pallescens L. (Pale Sedge)   9  
Species Carex panicea L. (Carnation Sedge) 20 10  
Species Carex paniculata L. (Greater Tussock-sedge) 6    
Species Carex pendula Hudson (Pendulous Sedge) 9    
Species Carex pilulifera L. (Pill Sedge)   10 2
Species Carex pulicaris L. (Flea Sedge) 14    
Species Carex remota L. (Remote Sedge)   5  
Species Carex riparia Curtis (Great Pond-sedge) 2 13  
Species Carex rostrata Stokes (Bottle Sedge) 16 29  
Species Carex salina Wahlenb. (Salt-marsh Sedge)     1
Species Carex strigosa Hudson (Thin-spiked Wood-sedge) 3 4  
Species Carex sylvatica Hudson (Wood Sedge) 9 14  
Species Carex vesicaria L. (Bladder-sedge)   11  
Species Carex viridula Michaux. (Yellow Sedge) 9 10  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Chater, A.O. & David, R.W., 1998 Carex
Jermy A.C., Chater, A.O. & David, R.W., 1982 Sedges of the British Isles

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 general literature references to Carex (sedges)

Carex may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 PLANTAE
(plants)		 SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)		 MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)		 CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 639 feeding and other relationships of Carex (sedges)

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