Alphabetical list of confirmed Carex species in Renfrew County
Nomenclature and common names are those preferred in VASCAN
| Count | Species nomenclature | Common name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carex adusta Boott | Lesser Brown Sedge |
| 2 | Carex alopecoidea Tuckerman | Foxtail Sedge |
| 3 | Carex aquatilis Wahl. | Water Sedge |
| 4 | Carex arcta Boott | Northern Clustered Sedge |
| 5 | Carex arctata Boott | Drooping Woodland Sedge |
| 6 | Carex argyrantha Tuckerman ex Dew. | Silvery-flowered Sedge |
| 7 | Carex atherodes Sprengel. | Wheat Sedge |
| 8 | Carex aurea Nutt. | Golden Sedge |
| 9 | Carex backii Boott | Back’s Sedge |
| 10 | Carex bebbii (Bailey) Olney ex Fern. | Bebb’s Sedge |
| 11 | Carex billingsii (Knight) Kirschbaum | Billings' Sedge |
| 12 | Carex blanda Dew. | Woodland Sedge |
| 13 | Carex brevior (Dew.) Mack. ex Lunell | Short-beaked Sedge |
| 14 | Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willd. | Brome-like Sedge |
| 15 | Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. | Brownish Sedge |
| 16 | Carex buxbaumii Wahl. | Buxbaum’s Sedge |
| 17 | Carex canescens L. | Hoary Sedge |
| 18 | Carex castanea Wahl. | Chestnut Sedge |
| 19 | Carex cephaloidea (Dewey) Dewey | Thin-leaved Sedge |
| 20 | Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd. | Oval-headed Sedge |
| 21 | Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f. | Creeping Sedge |
| 22 | Carex communis Bailey | Fibrous-root Sedge |
| 23 | Carex comosa Boott | Bearded Sedge |
| 24 | Carex conoidea Willd. | Field Sedge |
| 25 | Carex crawei Dew. | Crawe’s Sedge |
| 26 | Carex crawfordii Fern. | Crawford’s Sedge |
| 27 | Carex crinita Lam. | Fringed Sedge |
| 28 | Carex cristatella Britt. | Crested Sedge |
| 29 | Carex cryptolepis Mack. | Northeastern Sedge |
| 30 | Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei Bailey | Rudge's Sedge |
| 31 | Carex deflexa Hornem. | Bent Northern Sedge |
| 32 | Carex deweyana Schwein. | Dewey’s Sedge |
| 33 | Carex diandra Schrank | Lesser Panicled Sedge |
| 34 | Carex disperma Dew. | Two-seeded Sedge |
| 35 | Carex eburnea Boott | Bristle-leaved Sedge |
| 36 | Carex echinata Murr. | Star Sedge |
| 37 | Carex exilis Dew. | Meagre Sedge |
| 38 | Carex flava L. | Yellow Sedge |
| 39 | Carex foenea Willd. | Bronze Sedge |
| 40 | Carex folliculata L. | Northern Long Sedge |
| 41 | Carex gracillima Schwein. | Graceful Sedge |
| 42 | Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. | Limestone Meadow Sedge |
| 43 | Carex gynandra Schwein. | Nodding Sedge |
| 44 | Carex gynocrates Wormsk. ex Drej. | Northern Bog Sedge |
| 45 | Carex haydenii Dew. | Hayden's Sedge |
| 46 | Carex hirtifolia Mack. | Pubescent Sedge |
| 47 | Carex hitchcockiana Dew. | Hitchcock’s Sedge |
| 48 | Carex houghtoniana Torr. ex Dew. | Houghton’s Sedge |
| 49 | Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd. | Porcupine Sedge |
| 50 | Carex interior Bailey | Inland Sedge |
| 51 | Carex intumescens Rudge | Bladder Sedge |
| 52 | Carex lacustris Willd. | Lake Sedge |
| 53 | Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. | Woolly-fruit Sedge |
| 54 | Carex laxiflora Lam. | Loose-flowered Sedge |
| 55 | Carex lenticularis Michx. | Lenticular Sedge |
| 56 | Carex leptalea Wahl. | Bristle-stalked Sedge |
| 57 | Carex leptonervia (Fern.) Fern. | Finely-nerved Sedge |
| 58 | Carex limosa L. | Mud Sedge |
| 59 | Carex livida (Wahl.) Willd. | Livid Sedge |
| 60 | Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link | Forest Sedge |
| 61 | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | Hop Sedge |
| 62 | Carex lurida Wahl. | Sallow Sedge |
| 63 | Carex magellanica Lam. | Boreal Bog Sedge |
| 64 | Carex merritt-fernaldii Mack. | Fernald's Sedge |
| 65 | Carex michauxiana Boeckl. | Michaux’s Sedge |
| 66 | Carex novae-angliae Schwein. | New England Sedge |
| 67 | Carex oligosperma Michx. | Few-seeded Sedge |
| 68 | Carex ormostachya Wieg. | Necklace Spike Sedge |
| 69 | Carex pallescens L. | Pale Sedge |
| 70 | Carex pauciflora Lightf. | Few-flowered Sedge |
| 71 | Carex peckii Howe | Peck’s Sedge |
| 72 | Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd. | Long-stalked Sedge |
| 73 | Carex pellita Willd. | Woolly Sedge |
| 74 | Carex pensylvanica Lam. | Pennsylvania Sedge |
| 75 | Carex plantaginea Lam. | Plantain-leaved Sedge |
| 76 | Carex platyphylla Carey | Broad-leaved Sedge |
| 77 | Carex praegracilis Boott | Clustered Field Sedge |
| 78 | Carex prairea Dew. | Prairie Sedge |
| 79 | Carex prasina Wahlenb. | Drooping Sedge |
| 80 | Carex projecta Mack. | Necklace Sedge |
| 81 | Carex pseudo-cyperus L. | Cyperus-like Sedge |
| 82 | Carex radiata (Wahl.) Small | Eastern Star Sedge |
| 83 | Carex retrorsa Schwein. | Retrorse Sedge |
| 84 | Carex richardsonii R. Br. | Richardson’s Sedge |
| 85 | Carex rosea Schkuhr ex Willd. | Rosy Sedge |
| 86 | Carex sartwellii Dew. | Sartwell’s Sedge |
| 87 | Carex scabrata Schwein. | Rough Sedge |
| 88 | Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. | Pointed Broom Sedge |
| 89 | Carex siccata Dew. | Dry-spike Sedge |
| 90 | Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. | Burreed Sedge |
| 91 | Carex spicata Huds. | Spiked Sedge |
| 92 | Carex sprengelii Dew. ex Spreng. | Sprengel’s Sedge |
| 93 | Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. | Awl-fruited Sedge |
| 94 | Carex stricta Lam. | Tussock Sedge |
| 95 | Carex tenera Dew. | Tender Sedge |
| 96 | Carex tenuiflora Wahl. | Sparse-flowered Sedge |
| 97 | Carex tonsa (Fern.) Bickn. var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins | Rough-fruited Deep-green Sedge |
| 98 | Carex tribuloides Wahl. | Blunt Broom Sedge |
| 99 | Carex trisperma Dew. | Three-seeded Sedge |
| 100 | Carex tuckermanii Dew. | Tuckerman’s Sedge |
| 101 | Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willd. | Umbellate Sedge |
| 102 | Carex utriculata Boott | Northern Beaked Sedge |
| 103 | Carex vaginata Tausch | Sheathed Sedge |
| 104 | Carex vesicaria L. | Inflated Sedge |
| 105 | Carex viridula Michx. | Greenish Sedge |
| 106 | Carex vulpinoidea Michx. | Fox Sedge |
References
Brouillet, L., F. Coursol, S.J. Meades, M. Favreau, M. Anions, P. Bélisle & P. Desmet. 2010+. VASCAN, the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada. http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/ (consulted on 2014-12-02)