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Carex

Carex

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A group of grass-like plants that grow in wet places around the world
  • proper noun
  • Specialized
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  • The garden featured several species of Carex, providing texture and color to the landscape.

Examples

  • So I've got a Carex or orange Zedge right here.

  • Large tussocks, or clumps, of reed canarygrass and a sedge (Carex aquatilis) are prominent where the water is deepest.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The sedges include a beaked rush (Rhynchospora), a caric (Carex), and an unusual mound-forming sedge known simply as Oreobolus.

    Academic text (1995)

  • In wetlands, Carex plants create a lush habitat for various wildlife.

  • Carex is commonly found in moist habitats, thriving alongside other aquatic plants.

Compounds

Carex arenaria
  • Specialized
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A grass-like plant that grows in sand near the sea and helps hold sand on dunes

Carex pseudocyperus
  • Specialized
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A plant that grows in clumps near ponds and wet meadows

Surface Forms

Carex main

Etymology

The name Carex comes from Latin carex, meaning 'sedge', the common term for grass-like plants in marshes and ponds. That's why plant scientists use Carex as the scientific name for many wetland species.