The Genus Carex

The following is an incomplete listing of sedges found in Denali National Park and Preserve. These sedges may be found within 5 miles or so of the Park Road between the entrance and Kantishna.:

Black and White Sedge: Carex albonigra

Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis (Synonyms: Carex acutinella, Carex aquatilis ssp. altior, Carex aquatilis var. altior, Carex aquatilis var. substricta, Carex interimus, Carex pachystoma, Carex substricta, Carex suksdorfii, Carex variabilis)

Northern Cluster Sedge, Northern Clustered Sedge: Carex arcta (Synonyms: Carex canescens var. oregana, Carex canescens var. polystachya, Carex heleonastes var. scabriuscula, Carex kunzei)

Awned Sedge, Wheat Sedge: Carex atherodes

Darkbrown Sedge: Carex atrofusca

Blackscaled Sedge, Brainerd's Sedge, Lesser Blackscale Sedge: Carex atrosquama (Synonyms: Carex apoda, Carex atrata ssp. atrosquama, Carex atrata var. atrosquama)

Golden Sedge, Pumpkin Sedge: Carex aurea

Twocolor Sedge: Carex bicolor

Bigelow's Sedge: Carex bigelowii ssp. lugens (Synonyms: Carex lugens, Carex consimilis, Carex cyclocarpa, Carex yukonensis)

Yukon Sedge: Carex bonanzensis (Synonym: Carex cajanderi)

Brown Bog Sedge, Buxbaum's Sedge: Carex buxbaumii (Synonyms: Carex buxbaumii var. anticostensis, Carex holmiana, Carex polygama)

Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens (Synonyms: Carex canescens var robustina, Carex canescens var. robustior, Carex subloliacea)

Hair-like Sedge: Carex capillaris (Synonyms: Carex capillaris ssp. chlorostachys, Carex chlorostachys, Carex fuscidula)

Capitate Sedge: Carex capitata (Synonyms: Carex arctogena, Carex capitata var. arctogena, Carex capitata ssp. arctogena)

Creeping Sedge: Carex chordorrhiza

Low Northern Sedge, Northern Elegant Sedge: Carex concinna

Crawford's Sedge: Carex crawfordii (Synonym: Carex crawfordii var. vigens)

Lesser Panicled Sedge, Lesser Tussock Sedge: Carex diandra

Shortleaf Sedge, Short-leaf Sedge, Softleaf Sedge: Carex disperma (Synonym: Carex tenella)

Bristleleaf Sedge: Carex eburnea

Elk Sedge: Carex garberi (Synonyms: Carex garberi ssp. bifaria, Carex garberi var. bifaria)

Northern Bog Sedge: Carex gynocrates (Synonym: Carex dioica ssp. gynocrates, Carex dioica var. gynocrates)

Coastal Sand Sedge: Carex incurviformis (Synonyms: Carex danaensis, Carex incurviformis var. danaensis, Carex maritima var. incurviformis)

Inland Sedge: Carex interior (Synonyms: Carex interior ssp. charlestonensis, Carex interior var. keweenawensis, Carex scirpoides)

Krause's Sedge: Carex krausei (Synonym: Carex capillaris ssp. krausei)

Twotipped Sedge: Carex lachenalii (Synonyms: Carex bipartita var. austromontana, Carex lagopina)

Smoothstem Sedge, Smooth-stem Sedge, Smooth-stemmed Sedge: Carex laeviculmis (Synonym: Carex deweyana ssp. sparsiflora)

Lapland Sedge: Carex lapponica (Synonym: Carex canescens var. subloliacea)

American Woollyfruit Sedge, Slender Bog Sedge, Slender Woolly Sedge, Woollyfruit Sedge, Woolly-fruited Sedge: Carex lasiocarpa var. americana (Synonym: Carex lasiocarpa ssp. americana)

Kellogg's Sedge, Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa (Synonyms: Carex kelloggii, Carex lenticularis var. lenticularis, Carex lenticularis var. pallida)

Bristle-stalked Sedge, Bristlystalked Sedge: Carex leptalea (Synonyms: Carex jimcalderi, Carex leptalea var. harperi, Carex leptalea ssp. harperi, Carex leptalea ssp. pacifica, Carex leptalea var. tayloris)

Mud Sedge: Carex limosa

Ryegrass Sedge: Carex loliacea

Thickhead Sedge: Carex macloviana (Synonym: Carex incondita)

Boreal Bog Sedge, Poor Sedge: Carex magellanica ssp. irrigua (Synonyms: Carex magellanica var. irrigua, Carex paupercula, Carex paupercula var. brevisquama, Carex paupercula var. irrigua, Carex paupercula var. pallens)

Closedhead Sedge, Scandinavian Sedge: Carex media (Synonyms: Carex alpina var. inferalpina, Carex angare, Carex norvegica ssp. inferalpina)

Fragile Sedge: Carex membranacea (Synonym: Carex physochlaena)

Smallawned Sedge: Carex microchaeta ssp. microchaeta

Fewseeded Bog Sedge: Carex microglochin ssp. microglochin (Synonym: Carex pauciflora var. microglochin)

Pyrenean Sedge: Carex micropoda (Carex crandallii, Carex pyrenaica ssp. micropoda, Carex pyrenaica var. mondsii)

Shortleaved Sedge: Carex misandra (Synonym: Carex fuliginosa ssp. misandra)

Spike Sedge: Carex nardina (Synonyms: Carex elyniformis, Carex hepburnii, Carex nardina var. atriceps, Carex nardina ssp. hepburnii, Carex nardina var. hepburnii, Carex stantonensis)

Bering Sea Sedge: Carex nesophila (Synonym: Carex microchaeta ssp. nesophila)

Steven's Sedge: Carex norvegica ssp. stevenii (Carex media var. stevenii, Carex norvegica var. stevenii, Carex stevenii)

Obtuse Sedge: Carex obtusata

Little Green Sedge: Carex viridula var. viridula (Synonyms: Carex chlorophila, Carex irregularis, Carex oederi, Carex oederi var. pumila, Carex oederi ssp. viridula, Carex pulchella, Carex scandinavica, Carex serotina, Carex subglobosa, Carex viridula ssp. viridula)

Chamisso Sedge, Thick-head Sedge, Thick-headed Sedge: Carex pachystachya (Synonyms: Carex festiva var. gracilis, Carex festiva var. pachystachya, Carex macloviana ssp. pachystachya, Carex macloviana var. pachystachya, Carex pachystachya ssp. pachystachya, Carex pachystachya var. gracilis, Carex pachystachya var. monds-coulteri, Carex platylepis, Carex pyrophila)

Payson's Sedge: Carex paysonis (Synonym: Carex podocarpa var. paysonis)

Rockdwelling Sedge: Carex petricosa var. petricosa (Synonyms: Carex franklinii, Carex lepageana, Carex magnursina)

Shortstalk Sedge: Carex podocarpa (Synonym: Carex behringensis, Carex montanensis, Carex venustula)

Beaked Sedge, Rostrate Sedge: Carex rostrata (Synonym: Carex rostrata var. ambigens)

Round Sedge: Carex rotundata (Synonym: Carex melozitnensis)

Curly Sedge: Drummond's Sedge: Carex rupestris (Synonym: Carex drummondiana) ?

Rock Sedge, Russet Sedge: Carex saxatilis (Synonyms: Carex saxatilis ssp. laxa, Carex saxatilis var. miliaris, Carex saxatilis var. rhomalea)

Single-spiked Sedge,Northern Singlespike Sedge, Snowbank Sedge: Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea (Synonyms: Carex athabascensis, Carex scirpiformis, Carex scirpoidea var. scirpiformis)

Weak Arctic Sedge: Carex supina ssp. spaniocarpa (Synonym: Carex spaniocarpa) ?

Sparseflower Sedge: Carex tenuiflora

Beaked Sedge, Bladder Sedge, Inflated Sedge, Northwest Territory Sedge, Shore Sedge, Southern Beaked Sedge: Carex utriculata (Synonyms: Carex inflata var. utriculata, Carex laevirostris, Carex rhynchophysa, Carex rostrata, Carex rostrata var. utriculata)

Sheathed Sedge: Carex vaginata (Synonym: Carex saltuensis)

Williams' Sedge: Carex williamsii (Synonym: Carex capillaris var. williamsii)