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Carex aureolensis is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to temperate parts of the Americas from Illinois in the north to northern Argentina in the south.
The Cyperaceae (/ ˌ s aɪ p ə ˈ r eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.The family is large; botanists have described some 5,500 known species in about 90 genera [3] [4] – the largest being the "true sedges" (genus Carex), [5] [6] with over 2,000 species.
The genus Carex, the sedges, is one of the largest genera of flowering plants, containing over 2000 species, according to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. [1] In May 2015, the Global Carex Group argued for a broader circumscription of Carex , which added all the species formerly classified in Cymophyllus (1 species), Kobresia (c. 60 species ...
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 bicolor is a tufted perennial sedge growing to a height of about 7 to 12 cm (3 to 5 in). The grass-like leaves are mostly basal, greyish-green with blades up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long and 1 mm (0.04 in) wide, linear, strongly keeled, with parallel veins and long pointed tips.
Carex umbrosa is a perennial, [4] tussock-forming, rhizomatous, grass-like plant, reaching about 15 cm in height. Leaves are flat-bladed, green, growing between 15 and 20 cm in height. Inflorescence is a spike, brown in colour, flowering in early summer. [5]
Carex lacustris, known as lake sedge (lucastris is from the Latin lacus, or lake), is a tufted grass-like perennial of the sedge family , native to southern Canada and the northern United States. [5] C. lacustris us an herbaceous surface-piercing plant that grows in water up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) deep, and grows 50–150 cm (1.6–4.9 ft) tall. [ 6 ]
Carex sempervirens is a vigorous, perennial grass-like plant, growing between 20–50 cm in height; glabrous, with a very tenacious rootstock; the stem leafy only at the base. Leaves are 2–4 mm wide, rough, and shorter than the stem.