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Available in 67 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-67" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">67 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segge" title="Segge – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Segge" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8B%D1%80" title="Аисыр – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Аисыр" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89" title="سعادى – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سعادى" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cil_(bitki)" title="Cil (bitki) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Cil (bitki)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DB%8C%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%86" title="جه‌یه‌ن – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جه‌یه‌ن" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Асака – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Асака" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A0rex" title="Càrex – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Càrex" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%C4%83%D1%8F%D1%85" title="Хăях – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Хăях" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex" title="Carex – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Carex" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ost%C5%99ice" title="Ostřice – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ostřice" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-sl%C3%A6gten" title="Star-slægten – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Star-slægten" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seggen" title="Seggen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Seggen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%82%CA%BCoh_dich%CA%BC%C3%AD%C3%ADzh" title="Tłʼoh dichʼíízh – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Tłʼoh dichʼíízh" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarn" title="Tarn – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tarn" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Чей – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Чей" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex" title="Carex – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Carex" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karekso" title="Karekso – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Karekso" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezpata-belar" title="Ezpata-belar – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ezpata-belar" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%AF%D9%86" title="جگن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جگن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex" title="Carex – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Carex" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siggen" title="Siggen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Siggen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Шуура – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Шуура" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%B4%88%EC%86%8D" title="사초속 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="사초속" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%B8%D5%B7%D5%AD" title="Բոշխ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բոշխ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%9Bzna" title="Rězna – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Rězna" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0a%C5%A1" title="Šaš – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Šaš" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex" title="Carex – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Carex" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Дзала – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Дзала" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starir" title="Starir – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Starir" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex" title="Carex – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Carex" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ისლი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ისლი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charzt" title="Charzt – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Charzt" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%9A%D0%B8%D1%8F%D2%9B%D3%A9%D0%BB%D0%B5%D2%A3" title="Қияқөлең – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Қияқөлең" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B6%D3%A7%D1%80" title="Эжӧр – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Эжӧр" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AB%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%A3" title="Ыраң – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Ыраң" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C4%AB%C5%A1%C4%BCi" title="Grīšļi – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Grīšļi" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viksva" title="Viksva – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Viksva" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1s" title="Sás – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sás" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="കാരക്‌സ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കാരക്‌സ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ისირი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ისირი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89" title="سعادى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سعادى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zegge" title="Zegge – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zegge" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B2%E5%B1%9E" title="スゲ属 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スゲ属" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botg%C3%A4%C3%A4rs" title="Botgäärs – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Botgäärs" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrslekta" title="Starrslekta – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Starrslekta" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storrslekta" title="Storrslekta – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Storrslekta" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardi_(o%CA%BBsimlik)" title="Bardi (oʻsimlik) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bardi (oʻsimlik)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-koi mw-list-item"><a href="https://koi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B6%D3%A7%D1%80" title="Эжӧр – Komi-Permyak" lang="koi" hreflang="koi" data-title="Эжӧр" data-language-autonym="Перем коми" data-language-local-name="Komi-Permyak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Перем коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turzyca" title="Turzyca – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Turzyca" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex" title="Carex – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Carex" data-language-autonym="Português" 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<td><a href="/wiki/Vascular_plant" title="Vascular plant">Tracheophytes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Clade</i>: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant">Angiosperms</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Clade</i>: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monocotyledon" title="Monocotyledon">Monocots</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Clade</i>: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commelinids" title="Commelinids">Commelinids</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Poales" title="Poales">Poales</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyperaceae" title="Cyperaceae">Cyperaceae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Carex</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">L.</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(180,250,180)"><a href="/wiki/Type_species" title="Type species">Type species</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><i><a href="/wiki/Carex_hirta" title="Carex hirta">Carex hirta</a></i><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">L.</a> <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(180,250,180)"><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">Diversity</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Carex_species" title="List of Carex species">2000+ species</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Areal_carex.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Areal_carex.jpg/250px-Areal_carex.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Areal_carex.jpg/330px-Areal_carex.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Areal_carex.jpg/500px-Areal_carex.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="496" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Global distribution of <i>Carex</i> (green) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(180,250,180)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a><sup id="cite_ref-powo_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <ul><li><i>Agistron</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Ammorrhiza</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Anithista</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Archaeocarex</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Baeochortus</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Bitteria</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Blysmocarex</i> <small>N.A.Ivanova</small></li> <li><i>Callistachys</i> <small>Heuff.</small></li> <li><i>Caricella</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Caricina</i> <small>St.-Lag.</small></li> <li><i>Caricinella</i> <small>St.-Lag.</small></li> <li><i>Chionanthula</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Chordorrhiza</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Cobresia</i> <small>Pers.</small></li> <li><i>Coleachyron</i> <small>J.Gay ex Boiss.</small></li> <li><i>Cryptoglochin</i> <small>Heuff.</small></li> <li><i>Cymophyllus</i> <small>Mack. ex Britton & A.Br.</small></li> <li><i>Cyperoides</i> <small>Ség.</small></li> <li><i>Dapedostachys</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Desmiograstis</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Deweya</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Diemisa</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Diplocarex</i> <small>Hayata</small></li> <li><i>Dornera</i> <small>Heuff. ex Schur</small></li> <li><i>Drymeia</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Echinochlaenia</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Edritria</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Elyna</i> <small>Schrad.</small></li> <li><i>Facolos</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Forexeta</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Froelichia</i> <small>Wulfen</small></li> <li><i>Genersichia</i> <small>Heuff.</small></li> <li><i>Heleonastes</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Hemicarex</i> <small>Benth.</small></li> <li><i>Heuffelia</i> <small>Opiz</small></li> <li><i>Holmia</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Homalostachys</i> <small>Boeckeler</small></li> <li><i>Itheta</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Kobresia</i> <small>Willd.</small></li> <li><i>Kobria</i> <small>St.-Lag.</small></li> <li><i>Kolerma</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Kuekenthalia</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Lamprochlaenia</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Leptostachys</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Leptovignea</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Leucoglochin</i> <small>Heuff.</small></li> <li><i>Limivasculum</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Limonaetes</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Loncoperis</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Loxanisa</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Loxotrema</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Manochlaenia</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Maukschia</i> <small>Heuff.</small></li> <li><i>Meltrema</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Neilreichia</i> <small>Kotula</small></li> <li><i>Neskiza</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Olamblis</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Olotrema</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Onkerma</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Osculisa</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Phaeolorum</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Phyllostachys</i> <small>Torr.</small></li> <li><i>Physiglochis</i> <small>Neck.</small></li> <li><i>Polyglochin</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Proteocarpus</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Pseudocarex</i> <small>Miq.</small></li> <li><i>Psyllophora</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Ptacoseia</i> <small>Ehrh.</small></li> <li><i>Rhaptocalymma</i> <small>Borrer</small></li> <li><i>Rhynchopera</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Schelhammeria</i> <small>Moench</small></li> <li><i>Schoenoxiphium</i> <small>Nees</small></li> <li><i>Temnemis</i> <small>Raf.</small></li> <li><i>Thysanocarex</i> <small>Börner</small></li> <li><i>Trasus</i> <small>Gray</small></li> <li><i>Ulva</i> <small>Adans.</small></li> <li><i>Uncinia</i> <small>Pers.</small></li> <li><i>Vesicarex</i> <small>Steyerm.</small></li> <li><i>Vignantha</i> <small>Schur</small></li> <li><i>Vignea</i> <small>P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib.</small></li> <li><i>Vignidula</i> <small>Börner</small></li></ul> </li></ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><i><b>Carex</b></i> is a vast <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> of over 2,000 <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a><sup id="cite_ref-powo_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of grass-like <a href="/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plants</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="/wiki/Cyperaceae" title="Cyperaceae">Cyperaceae</a>, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus <i>Carex</i> may be called <b>true sedges</b>, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of <i>Carex</i> is known as <b>caricology</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All species of <i>Carex</i> are <a href="/wiki/Perennial_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Perennial plant">perennial</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Mohlenbrock_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mohlenbrock-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although some species, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Carex_bebbii" title="Carex bebbii">C. bebbii</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Carex_viridula" title="Carex viridula">C. viridula</a></i> can fruit in their first year of growth, and may not survive longer.<sup id="cite_ref-FNA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FNA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They typically have <a href="/wiki/Rhizome" title="Rhizome">rhizomes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stolon" title="Stolon">stolons</a> or short <a href="/wiki/Rootstock" title="Rootstock">rootstocks</a>, but some species grow in tufts (<a href="/wiki/Caespitose" class="mw-redirect" title="Caespitose">caespitose</a>). The <a href="/wiki/Culm_(botany)" title="Culm (botany)">culm</a> – the flower-bearing stalk – is unbranched and usually erect. It is usually distinctly triangular in section.<sup id="cite_ref-Mohlenbrock_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mohlenbrock-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Leaf" title="Leaf">leaves</a> of <i>Carex</i> comprise a blade, which extends away from the stalk, and a sheath, which encloses part of the stalk. The blade is normally long and flat, but may be folded, inrolled, channelled or absent. The leaves have parallel <a href="/wiki/Leaf_vein" class="mw-redirect" title="Leaf vein">veins</a> and a distinct midrib. Where the blade meets the culm there is a structure called the <a href="/wiki/Ligule" title="Ligule">ligule</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mohlenbrock_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mohlenbrock-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The colour of foliage may be green, red or brown, and "ranges from fine and hair-like, sometimes with curled tips, to quite broad with a noticeable midrib and sometimes razor sharp edges".<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carex_panicea_kz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Carex_panicea_kz.jpg/250px-Carex_panicea_kz.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Carex_panicea_kz.jpg/330px-Carex_panicea_kz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Carex_panicea_kz.jpg/500px-Carex_panicea_kz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>In this <i><a href="/wiki/Carex_panicea" title="Carex panicea">Carex panicea</a></i>, the upper spike contains male flowers, and the lower spike contains female flowers.</figcaption></figure> <p>The flowers of <i>Carex</i> are small and are combined into <a href="/wiki/Spike_(botany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spike (botany)">spikes</a>, which are themselves combined into a larger <a href="/wiki/Inflorescence" title="Inflorescence">inflorescence</a>. The spike typically contains many flowers, but can hold as few as one in some species. Almost all <i>Carex</i> species are <a href="/wiki/Monoecious" class="mw-redirect" title="Monoecious">monoecious</a>; each flower is either male (staminate) or female (pistillate).<sup id="cite_ref-Mohlenbrock_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mohlenbrock-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few species are dioecious. Sedges exhibit diverse arrangements of male and female flowers. Often, the lower spikes are entirely pistillate and upper spikes staminate, with one or more spikes in between having pistillate flowers near the base and staminate flowers near the tip.<sup id="cite_ref-Jermy_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jermy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In other species, all spikes are similar. In that case, they may have male flowers above and female flowers below (androgynous) or female flowers above and male flowers below (gynecandrous). In relatively few species, the arrangement of flowers is irregular.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The defining structure of the genus <i>Carex</i> is the bottle-shaped bract surrounding each female flower. This structure is called the perigynium or utricle, a modified prophyll. It is typically extended into a "rostrum" or beak, which is often divided at the tip (bifid) into two teeth.<sup id="cite_ref-Jermy_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jermy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shape, venation, and vestiture (hairs) of the perigynium are important structures for distinguishing <i>Carex</i> species.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Fruit" title="Fruit">fruit</a> of <i>Carex</i> is a dry, one-seeded indehiscent <a href="/wiki/Achene" title="Achene">achene</a> or <a href="/wiki/Nut_(fruit)" title="Nut (fruit)">nut</a><sup id="cite_ref-Mohlenbrock_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mohlenbrock-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which grows within the perigynium. Perigynium features aid in fruit dispersal.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology_and_distribution">Ecology and distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ecology and distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Carex</i> species are found across most of the world, albeit with few species in tropical lowlands, and relatively few in <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">sub-Saharan Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FNA_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FNA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most (but not all) sedges are found in <a href="/wiki/Wetland" title="Wetland">wetlands</a> – such as <a href="/wiki/Marsh" title="Marsh">marshes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fen" title="Fen">calcareous fens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bog" title="Bog">bogs</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Peat" title="Peat">peatlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bank_(geography)" title="Bank (geography)">pond and stream banks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riparian_zone" title="Riparian zone">riparian zones</a>, and even ditches.<sup id="cite_ref-Jermy_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jermy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are one of the dominant plant groups in <a href="/wiki/Arctic_tundra" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctic tundra">arctic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alpine_tundra" title="Alpine tundra">alpine tundra</a>, and in wetland habitats with a water depth of up to 50 cm (20 in).<sup id="cite_ref-FNA_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FNA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy_and_cytogenetics">Taxonomy and cytogenetics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Taxonomy and cytogenetics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Carex_species" title="List of Carex species">List of Carex species</a></div> <p>The genus <i>Carex</i> was established by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Carl Linnaeus</a> in his work <i><a href="/wiki/Species_Plantarum" title="Species Plantarum">Species Plantarum</a></i> in 1753, and it is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants" title="List of the largest genera of flowering plants">largest genera of flowering plants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Estimates of the number of species vary from about 1100 to almost 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-FNA_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FNA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Carex</i> displays the most dynamic chromosome evolution of all flowering plants. <a href="/wiki/Chromosome_number" class="mw-redirect" title="Chromosome number">Chromosome numbers</a> range from <i>n</i> = 6 to <i>n</i> = 66, and over 100 species are known to show variation in chromosome number within the species, with differences of up to 10 chromosomes between populations.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The genomes of <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex_kokanica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carex kokanica (page does not exist)">Carex kokanica</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex_parvula&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carex parvula (page does not exist)">Carex parvula</a></i> and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex_littledalei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carex littledalei (page does not exist)">Carex littledalei</a></i> have been sequenced.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Carex</i> has been divided into <a href="/wiki/Subgenus" title="Subgenus">subgenera</a> in a number of ways. The most influential was <a href="/wiki/Georg_K%C3%BCkenthal" title="Georg Kükenthal">Georg Kükenthal</a>'s classification using four subgenera – <i>Carex</i>, <i>Vignea</i>, <i>Indocarex</i> and <i>Primocarex</i> – based primarily on the arrangement of the male and female flowers.<sup id="cite_ref-FNA_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FNA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There has been considerable debate about the status of these four groups, with some species being transferred between groups and some authors, such as <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Kent_Mackenzie" title="Kenneth Kent Mackenzie">Kenneth Kent Mackenzie</a>, eschewing the subgenera altogether and dividing the genus directly into <a href="/wiki/Section_(botany)" title="Section (botany)">sections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FNA_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FNA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The genus is now divided into around four subgenera, some of which may not, however, be monophyletic:<sup id="cite_ref-Starr_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Starr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carex_subg._Carex" title="Carex subg. Carex"><i>Carex</i> subg. <i>Carex</i></a> – 1450 species, distributed globally<sup id="cite_ref-FOC_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex_subg._Psyllophora&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carex subg. Psyllophora (page does not exist)"><i>Carex</i> subg. <i>Psyllophora</i></a> <small>(Degl.) Peterm.</small> (equivalent to Kükenthal's "<i>Primocarex</i>") – 70 species<sup id="cite_ref-Starr_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Starr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carex_subg._Vignea" title="Carex subg. Vignea"><i>Carex</i> subg. <i>Vignea</i></a> <small>(P. Beauv. <i>ex</i> T. Lestib.) Peterm.</small> – 350 species, cosmopolitan<sup id="cite_ref-FOC_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex_subg._Vigneastra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carex subg. Vigneastra (page does not exist)"><i>Carex</i> subg. <i>Vigneastra</i></a> <small>(Tuckerman) Kükenthal</small> (equivalent to Kükenthal's "<i>Indocarex</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-Starr_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Starr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) – 100 species, tropical and subtropical Asia<sup id="cite_ref-FOC_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fossil_record">Fossil record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fossil record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossil</a> fruits of two <i>Carex</i> species have been described from <a href="/wiki/Strata" class="mw-redirect" title="Strata">strata</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Miocene" title="Middle Miocene">middle Miocene</a> in the Fasterholt area near <a href="/wiki/Silkeborg" title="Silkeborg">Silkeborg</a> in Central <a href="/wiki/Jutland" title="Jutland">Jutland</a>, Denmark.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ornamental">Ornamental</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ornamental"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Carex</i> species and <a href="/wiki/Cultivar" title="Cultivar">cultivars</a> are popular in <a href="/wiki/Horticulture" title="Horticulture">horticulture</a>, particularly in shady positions.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Native_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Native plant">Native species</a> are used in <a href="/wiki/Natural_environment" title="Natural environment">wildland</a> <a href="/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">habitat</a> <a href="/wiki/Restoration_ecology" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration ecology">restoration</a> projects, <a href="/wiki/Natural_landscaping" title="Natural landscaping">natural landscaping</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_landscaping" title="Sustainable landscaping">sustainable landscaping</a> as <a href="/wiki/Xeriscaping" title="Xeriscaping">drought-tolerant</a> grass replacements for <a href="/wiki/Lawn" title="Lawn">lawns</a> and garden <a href="/wiki/Meadow" title="Meadow">meadows</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nativesons_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nativesons-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some require damp or wet conditions, others are relatively drought-tolerant. <a href="/wiki/Plant_propagation" title="Plant propagation">Propagation</a> is by <a href="/wiki/Seed" title="Seed">seed</a> or <a href="/wiki/Division_(horticulture)" title="Division (horticulture)">division</a> in spring.<sup id="cite_ref-rhsaz_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rhsaz-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Cultivar" title="Cultivar">cultivars</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Carex_elata" title="Carex elata">Carex elata</a></i> 'Aurea' (Bowles' golden sedge)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Carex_oshimensis" title="Carex oshimensis">Carex oshimensis</a></i> 'Evergold' <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have received the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Horticultural_Society" title="Royal Horticultural Society">Royal Horticultural Society</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Award_of_Garden_Merit" title="Award of Garden Merit">Award of Garden Merit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A mix of dried specimens of several species of <i>Carex</i> (including <i><a href="/wiki/Carex_vesicaria" title="Carex vesicaria">Carex vesicaria</a></i>) have a history of being used as thermal insulation in footwear (such as <i><a href="/wiki/Nutukas" title="Nutukas">nutukas</a></i> used by <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_people" title="Sámi people">Sámi people</a><sup id="cite_ref-nouer_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nouer-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). <i><a href="/wiki/Sennegrass" class="mw-redirect" title="Sennegrass">Sennegrass</a></i> is one of the names for such mixes.<sup id="cite_ref-nouer_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nouer-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/Amundsen%27s_South_Pole_expedition" title="Amundsen's South Pole expedition">the first human expedition to the South Pole</a> in 1911, such a mix was used in <i>skaller</i>, when camps had been set (after each stretch of travelling had been completed).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carsten Borchgrevink of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900 said "Socks are never used in Finnmarken in winter time, but 'senne grass' which they... had a special method of arranging in the 'komager' (Finn boots)."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Species serve as a food source for numerous animals,<sup id="cite_ref-crites2005_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crites2005-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some are used as a livestock hay.<sup id="cite_ref-Lahring2003_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lahring2003-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_by_Native_Americans">Use by Native Americans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Use by Native Americans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Blackfoot" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackfoot">Blackfoot</a> put carex in <a href="/wiki/Moccasins" class="mw-redirect" title="Moccasins">moccasins</a> to protect the feet during winter.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> use an infusion of the leaf to "check bowels".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ohlone" title="Ohlone">Ohlone</a> use the roots of many species for basketry.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Goshute" title="Goshute">Goshute</a> use the root as medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Jemez_Pueblo,_New_Mexico" title="Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico">Jemez</a> consider the plant sacred and use it in the <a href="/wiki/Kiva" title="Kiva">kiva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Klamath_people" title="Klamath people">Klamath people</a> weave the leaves into mats, use the juice of the pith as a beverage, eat the fresh stems for food and use the tuberous base of the stem for food.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The indigenous people of <a href="/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California" title="Mendocino County, California">Mendocino County, California</a> use the rootstocks to make baskets and rope.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The indigenous people of <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a> also weave the leaves into mats and use the young stems as food.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Navajo" title="Navajo">Navajo</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kayenta,_Arizona" title="Kayenta, Arizona">Kayenta, Arizona</a> grind the seeds into mush and eat them.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a> <a href="/wiki/Paiute" title="Paiute">Paiute</a> weave it to make spoons.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Pomo" title="Pomo">Pomo</a> use the roots to make baskets,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and use it to tend fishing traps.<sup id="cite_ref-Gifford,_E._W._1967,_page_12_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gifford,_E._W._1967,_page_12-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also use it to make torches.<sup id="cite_ref-Gifford,_E._W._1967,_page_12_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gifford,_E._W._1967,_page_12-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Coast_Salish" title="Coast Salish">Coast Salish</a> use the leaves to make baskets and twine.<sup id="cite_ref-Turner_1971,_page_73_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turner_1971,_page_73-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Songhees" class="mw-redirect" title="Songhees">Songhees</a> eat the leaves to induce abortions.<sup id="cite_ref-Turner_1971,_page_73_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turner_1971,_page_73-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Nlaka%27pamux" title="Nlaka'pamux">Nlaka'pamux</a> used the leaves as brushes for cleaning things and use the leaves as <a href="/wiki/Forage" title="Forage">forage</a> for their livestock.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Wailaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Wailaki">Wailaki</a> weave the roots and leaves into baskets and use the leaves to weave mats.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Yuki_people" title="Yuki people">Yuki people</a> use the large roots to make baskets.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Carex_species" title="List of Carex species">List of Carex species</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gifford,_E._W._1967,_page_12-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gifford,_E._W._1967,_page_12_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gifford,_E._W._1967,_page_12_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Turner_1971,_page_73-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Turner_1971,_page_73_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Turner_1971,_page_73_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 73</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 114</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 315</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. 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<ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158501" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q158501">Q158501</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Carex" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Carex">Carex</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">APDB: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/189116">189116</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Plant_Name_Index" title="Australian Plant Name Index">APNI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/109279">109279</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Barcode_of_Life_Data_System" title="Barcode of Life Data System">BOLD</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=121157">121157</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8VRHY">8VRHY</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/State_Herbarium_of_South_Australia" title="State Herbarium of South Australia">eFloraSA</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Carex">Carex</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life" title="Encyclopedia of Life">EoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eol.org/pages/11313279">11313279</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/EPPO_Code" title="EPPO Code">EPPO</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/1CRXG">1CRXG</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/FloraBase" title="FloraBase">FloraBase</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/22351">22351</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_North_America" title="Flora of North America">FNA</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=105644">105644</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Australia" title="Flora of Australia">FoAO2</a>: <span class="uid"><a 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