Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants

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• Carex  abscondita  Mackenzie concealed sedge Watch-Listed

• Carex  albicans var. emmonsii  J. Rettig   = C. albicans var. emmonsii Dewey ex Torrey Emmons' sedge Native

• Carex  albursina  Sheldon white bear sedge Native

• Carex  annectens  (Bickn.) Bickn. yellow-fruited fox sedge Native

• Carex  appalachica  Webber et Ball Appalachian sedge, spreading star sedge Native

• Carex  arctata  Boott ex Hooker northern wood sedge Native

• Carex  argyrantha  Tuckermann silvery sedge Native

• Carex  atlantica ssp. capillacea  (Bailey) Reznicek   = C. atlantica ssp. capillacea Mackenzie threadstem sedge Native

• Carex  billingsii  (Knight) C.D. Kirschbaum   = C. trisperma var. billingsii Knight three-seeded bog sedge Native

• Carex  blanda  Dewey woodland sedge Native

• Carex  brevior  (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell short fescue sedge Native

• Carex  bromoides  Schkuhr ex Willd. brome-like sedge Native

• Carex  brunnescens  (Persoon) Poiret brownish sedge Native

• Carex  bullata  Schkuhr ex Willd. button sedge Native

• Carex  buxbaumii  Wahlenb. Buxbaum's sedge Watch-Listed

• Carex  canescens ssp. disjuncta  (Fern.) Toivonen silvery bog sedge Native

• Carex  caryophyllea  Lat. vernal sedge Introduced

• Carex  cephalophora  Muhl. ex Willd. oval-headed sedge Native

• Carex  cf. mackenziei  Krecz. Mackenzie's sedge Introduced

• Carex  communis  Bailey common sedge Native

• Carex  comosa  Boott bristly sedge Native

• Carex  conoidea  Schkuhr ex Willd. field sedge Native

• Carex  crawfordii  Fernald Crawford's sedge Native

• Carex  crinita  Lam. fringed sedge Native

• Carex  cumulata  (Bailley) Mackenzie crowded sedge Native

• Carex  debilis var. rudgei  Bayley northern stalked sedge Native

• Carex  deweyana  Schweinitz round-fruited short-scaled sedge Native

• Carex  digitalis  Willd. slender wood sedge Native

• Carex  echinata  Murray   = C. angustior Mackenzie   = C. cephalantha (Balley) Bicknell prickly sedge Native

• Carex  flava  L. yellow sedge Native

• Carex  folliculata  L. long-culmed sedge Native

• Carex  gracillima  Schwein. slender drooping sedge Native

• Carex  granularis  Muhl. ex Willd. meadow sedge Native

• Carex  gynandra  Schwein.   = C. crinita var. gynandra (Schwein.) Schwein. et Torrey northern awned sedge Native

• Carex  haydenii  Dewey Hayden's sedge Watch-Listed

• Carex  hirta  L. hairy sedge Introduced

• Carex  hormathodes  Fernald saltmarsh straw sedge Native

• Carex  intumescens  Rudge bladder or swamp sedge Native

• Carex  lacustris  Willd. marsh sedge, lakeside sedge Native

• Carex  laevivaginata  (Kukenth.) Mackenzie smoothed-sheath sedge Native

• Carex  lasiocarpa ssp. americana  Fern. slender woolly-fruited sedge Native

• Carex  laxiculmis  Schwein. spreading woodland sedge Native

• Carex  laxiflora  Lam. loose-flowered woodland sedge Native

• Carex  leptalea  Wahlenb. delicate sedge Native

• Carex  leptonervia  (Fern.) Fern. one-nerved woodland sedge Native

• Carex  limosa  L. mud sedge Watch-Listed

• Carex  longii  Mackenzie Long's sedge Native

• Carex  lucorum  Willd. ex Link   = Carex pensylvanica var distans Peck long-beaked Pennsylvania sedge Native

• Carex  lupuliformis  Sartwell ex Dewey false hop sedge Endangered

• Carex  lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd. hop sedge Native

• Carex  lurida  Wahlenb. sallow sedge Native

• Carex  muehlenbergii  Shkuhr. ex Willd. Muhlenberg's sedge Native

• Carex  nigra  (L.) Reichard black sedge Native

• Carex  normalis  Mackenzie big straw sedge Native

• Carex  novae-angliae  Schwein. New England sedge Native

• Carex  oligosperma  Michaux fewfruited sedge Endangered

• Carex  paleacea  Schreber ex Wahlenb. saltmarsh sedge Native

• Carex  pallescens  L. pale sedge Native

• Carex  panicea  L. millet sedge Introduced

• Carex  pellita  Muhl.   = C. lanuginosa Michaux broad-leaved woolly-fruited sedge Native

• Carex  pensylvanica  Lam. Pennsylvania sedge Native

• Carex  plantaginea  Lam. plantain-leaf sedge Native

• Carex  platyphylla  Carey broad-leaved woodland sedge Native

• Carex  polymorpha  Muhl. variable sedge Endangered

• Carex  praegracilis  W. Boott freeway sedge Introduced

• Carex  prasina  Wahlenb. twisted drooping sedge Native

• Carex  projecta  Mackenzie beaded or necklace broom sedge Native

• Carex  pseudocyperus  L. galingale sedge Native

• Carex  radiata  (Wahlenb.) Small star sedge Native

• Carex  retroflexa  Muhl. ex Willd. reflexed sedge Native

• Carex  rosea  Schkuhr ex Willd. big star sedge Native

• Carex  scoparia  Schkuhr ex Willd. broom sedge Native

• Carex  siccata  Dewey   = C. foenea auct. non Willd. dry land sedge Native

• Carex  silicea  Olney seabeach sedge Native

• Carex  spicata  Hudson   = C. contigue Hoppe European star sedge Introduced

• Carex  stipata  Muhl. ex Willd. awl-fruited sedge Native

• Carex  straminea  Willd. ex Schkuhr straw sedge Native

• Carex  striata  Michx.   = C. walteriana Bailey Walter's sedge Endangered

• Carex  stricta  Lam. tussock sedge Native

• Carex  stricta var. strictior  (Dewey) Carey   = C. strictior Dewey stiff sedge Native

• Carex  swanii  (Fern.) Mackenzie Swan's sedge Native

• Carex  tenera  Dewey slender straw sedge Native

• Carex  tonsa   (Fern.) Bickn.   = C. tonsa (Fern.) E. Voss stiff-leaved sand sedge, shaved sedge Native

• Carex  tonsa var. rugosperma  (Mackenzie) W.J. Crins   = C. rugosperma var. rugosperma Mackenzie   = C. umbellata sensu Fernald sand-sedge Native

• Carex  torta  Boott ex Tuckerman riverside sedge Native

• Carex  tribuloides  Wahlenb. blunt broom sedge Native

• Carex  trisperma  Dewey three-seeded sedge Native

• Carex  typhina  Michaux cat-tail sedge Threatened

• Carex  umbellata  Schkuhr ex Willd. parasol sedge Native

• Carex  utriculata  Boott   = C. utriculata (Boott) Bailey bottle sedge Native

• Carex  vesicaria  L.   = C. vesicarai var. monile (Tuckerman) Fern. inflated sedge Native

• Carex  vestita  Willd. velvet-fruited sedge Native

• Carex  virescens  Muhl. ex Willd. ribbed sedge Native

• Carex  vulpinoidea  Michaux   = C. vulpinoidea Dewey fox sedge Native