Cyperaceae
European woodland sedge
Carex sylvatica
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- كاريكس سيلفاتيكا
- Belarusian
- Асака лясная
- Bulgarian
- Горска острица
- Chinese
- 林生薹草
- csb
- Lasowi charzt
- Czech
- Ostřice lesní
- Danish
- Skov-Star
- Dutch
- Boszegge
- English
- European woodland sedge, Wood-sedge
- Esperanto
- Arbara karekso
- Estonian
- Metstarn
- Finnish
- Lehtosara
- French
- Laîche des bois, Laiche des bois
- German
- Wald-Segge, Waldsegge
- hsb
- Lěsna rězna
- Irish
- Cíb choille
- Latvian
- Meža grīslis
- Macedonian
- Шумска острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogstarr
- Persian
- کارکس سیلواتیکا
- Polish
- Turzyca leśna
- Russian
- Осока приземистая
- Swedish
- Skogsstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen y coed
Synonyms
- Carex silvatica Huds.
- Edritria sylvatica (Huds.) Raf.
- Proteocarpus sylvaticus (Huds.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Trasus sylvaticus (Huds.) Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 18:35, 10 August 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:05, 29 June 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bartosz Cuber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bartosz Cuber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bartosz Cuber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bartosz Cuber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominique REMAUD, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Hanging sedgeCarex pendulaCyperaceae
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.