Cyperaceae
Estuary sedge
Carex recta
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Estuary sedge
- Finnish
- Suolasara
- Welsh
- Hesgen yr aber
Synonyms
- Carex halophila f. humilis Brenner
- Carex halophila var. humilis (Brenner) Brenner
- Carex salina f. caespitosa (A.Blytt) Kük.
- Carex salina f. elata Blytt
- Carex salina f. humilis Brenner
- Carex salina f. obtusa (A.Blytt) Kük.
- Carex salina f. pallida Blytt
- Carex salina subsp. fuliginea Blytt
- Carex salina subsp. obtusa A.Blytt
- Carex salina var. caespitosa A.Blytt
- Carex salina var. humilis (Brenner) Brenner
- Carex saxenii var. ferruginea Lepage
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.