Cyperaceae
Common sedge
Carex nigra
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (27)
- arz
- كاريكس نيجرا
- azb
- قارا جیل
- Azerbaijani
- Qara cil
- Belarusian
- Асака чорная
- Bulgarian
- Черна острица
- Chinese
- 黑薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice obecná, Ostřice hnědá
- Danish
- Almindelig Star, Star
- Dutch
- Zwarte zegge
- English
- Common sedge, Smooth black sedge
- Estonian
- Lugatarn, Harilik tarn
- Finnish
- Jokapaikansara, Juolasara
- French
- Laîche noire, Laîche vulgaire
- German
- Braun-Segge, Wiesen-Segge, Wiesensegge
- hsb
- Łučna rězna
- Icelandic
- Mýrastör
- Irish
- Cíb dhubh
- Latvian
- Dzelzszāle
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji viksva
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Småstarr
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Småstorr
- Persian
- کارکس نیگرا
- Polish
- Turzyca pospolita, Cares vulgaris
- Russian
- Осока чёрная, Осока обыкновенная, Осока черная
- Swedish
- Hundstarr, Småstarr
- Ukrainian
- Осока чорна
- Welsh
- Hesgen gyffredin
Synonyms
- Carex acuta subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh.
- Carex acuta var. nigra L.
- Carex fusca var. carpetana C.Vicioso ex Rivas Mart.
- Carex nigra subsp. carpetana C.Vicioso ex Rivas Mart.
- Carex nigra var. nigra
- Carex stolonifera subsp. vulgaris O.Schwarz
- Carex tumida Beilschm.
- Carex vulgaris Fr.
- Carex vulgaris var. communis Meinsh.
- Vignantha vulgaris Schur
- Vignea vulgaris Fuss
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Thommybe assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:30, 13 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Thomas Meyer, Günzburg meyerguenzburg@onlinehome.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Marta Vidal gallego, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Emmet J. Judziewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Flora.cyberia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.