Carex (Sedge)

Juniper Level Botanic Garden - An Ex-Situ Conservation Garden

Our Mission is to Collect, Study, Propagate, and Share

As of 2020, JLBG has just over 27,000 taxa of living plants, making the collection one of the most diverse in the world. Fundraising for an operational endowment to preserve the garden is underway, administered by NC State University. If you'd like to help preserve the gardens and plant collections for future generations, you can do so with a tax-deductible contribution at JLBG.org and click on the Donate Link.

At Juniper Level Botanic Garden, part of our mission is to educate and share both plants and information. This photo/informational gallery is devoted to cataloging as many forms as possible. It is our hope that this photographic study gallery can also prevent duplicate use of names and prevent confusion in the trade.

Juniper Level Botanic Garden currently (2022) grows over 100 species of carex, making our holdings one of the largest living carex collections in the world.

Carex albicans A2AL-053 clump in flower from Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama

Carex albicans SE15-171 from Jackson Co. AL

Carex albicans SE15-171 in flower from Jackson Co. AL

Carex albicans SE15-171 in flower from Jackson Co. Alabama

Carex albicans SE15-210 from PIckens Co. SC

Carex albicans SE15-210 flower closeup from PIckens Co. SC

Carex albicans SE15-210 flowers closeup from PIckens Co. SC

Carex albicans SE15-210 from PIckens Co. SC

Carex albicans SE15-210 in bud from Pickens Co. SC

Carex albicans SE15-210 in flower from PIckens Co. SC

Carex albicans SE17-147 Sunset in flower from Pickens Co. SC

Carex albicans15 01 - no location data

Carex albicans15 01.2 - no location data

Carex albursina

Carex annectans

Carex austrina

Carex austrocaroliniana Yonah Dam

Carex austroleucorum Tennessee 'Mop Top'

Carex baccans Toroko form

Carex baltzellii

Carex baltzellii from Florida ravines

Carex basiantha

Carex bromoides

Carex buchanniii 'Red Rooster'

Carex careyana

Carex careyana AL13-007b

Carex cherokeeensis 'Crying Time'

Carex cherokeensis 'Crying Time'

Carex cherokeensis Floden form

Carex comans 'Amazon Mist'

Carex comans Bronze form

Carex communis JS13IL003 from Peoria Co. IL

Carex communis JS13IL003 in flower closeup from Peoria Co. IL

Carex communis JS13IL003 in flower from Peoria Co. IL

Carex echinata

Carex emmonsii A1AR-035 from Yell Co. Arkansas

Carex emmonsii SE20-041 in flower from Marshall Co. AL

Carex flacca 'Mini'

Carex flaccosperma "cf." A1AR-066 clump from Newton Co. Arkansas

Carex flaccosperma "cf." A1AR-066 in flower closeup from Newton Co. Arkansas

Carex flaccosperma "cf." A1AR-066 in flower from Newton Co. Arkansas

Carex fraseri

Carex gentilis 'Yushan'

Carex granularis Hancock Co. TN

Carex haydenii

Carex leavenworthii

Carex morrowii var. temnolepis 'SilkTassel'

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Carex physorhyncha SE19-031 in flower from Montgomery Co. NC

Carex picta 'Bama Beauty'

Carex scaposa DJHV2304

Carex siderosticha 'Echigo Nishiki'

Carex siderosticta 'Banana Boat'

Carex siderosticta 'Lemon Zest'

Carex siderosticta 'Tokiwana Rigfu' (aka: Snowcap)

Carex siderosticta var. pilosa 'Island Brocade'

Carex siderosticta var. pilosa 'Treasure Island'

Carex siderosticta 'Variegata'

Carex sp. A1AR-017 in flower from Montgomery Co. Arkansas

Carex sp. A1AR-036 from Yell Co. Arkansas

Carex sp. A1BLK-008 from Breastina, Slovenia

Carex sp. A1BLK-008 in flower from Breastina, Slovenia

Carex sp. A1K-027 flower closeup from Mt. Sorak, S. Korea (evergreen/clumping)

Carex sp. A1K-027 from Mt. Sorak, S. Korea (evergreen/clumping)

Carex sp. A1MI-002 from Ottawa, Michigan (dunes)

Carex sp. JS13TN032 from Hawkins Co. TN

Carex sp. misplaced data - -possibly from Powell River, TN

Carex sp. Red Rock Dells in flower from Cottonwood Co. MN

Carex sp. SE18-078 from Elbert Co. Georgia

Carex sp. 'Silver Sceptre' flower

Carex sp. 'Silver Sceptre'flower

Carex sp. USNA 60816 E in flower

Carex sp. USNA 61806 E in flower

Carex sp. USNA 61806 E Korea at USNA

Carex umbellata A1AR-034 in flower from Yell Co. Arkansas

Carex wildenowii A1AR-081 in flower from Stone Co. Arkansas