Cyperaceae
Fox sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (6)
- Dutch
- Ribbelzegge
- English
- Fox sedge, American fox-sedge, Brown fox sedge
- German
- Fuchsartige Segge, Fuchsähnlige Segge
- hsb
- Liškopodobna rězna
- Persian
- کارکس ولپینویدئا
- Welsh
- Hesgen dywysennog America
Synonyms
- Carex bracteosa Schwein.
- Carex microsperma Wahlenb.
- Carex microspherma Wahl
- Carex moniezii Lagrange
- Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott
- Carex multiflora Muhl. ex Willd.
- Carex multiflora var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey
- Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott
- Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott
- Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Dewey
- Carex setacea Dewey
- Carex vaginiformis Tuck.
- Carex vulpiniformis Tuck.
- Carex vulpinoidea f. segregata (Farw.) Raymond
- Carex vulpinoidea f. vulpinoidea
- Carex vulpinoidea var. glomerata Barratt
- Carex vulpinoidea var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey
- Carex vulpinoidea var. pycnocephala F.J.Herm.
- Carex vulpinoidea var. scabrior (Sartwell ex Dewey) Alph.Wood
- Carex vulpinoidea var. segregata Farw.
- Carex vulpinoidea var. setacea (Dewey) Kük.
- Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea
- Vignea multiflora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.
- Vignea setacea (Dewey) Raf.
- Vignea vulpinoidea (Michx.) Soják
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, 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.