Carex novae-angliaeSchwein.

New England sedge

WFO wfo-0000349350 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Carex novae-angliae, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. a Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / 2020-06-07 / obs. 110806130
Carex novae-angliae, photographed by botanygirl
fig. b botanygirl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 411969
Carex novae-angliae, photographed by Mary E. Macaulay, P.Eng.
fig. c Mary E. Macaulay, P.Eng., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138347004
Carex novae-angliae, photographed by botanygirl
fig. d botanygirl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 412214
Carex novae-angliae, photographed by Mary E. Macaulay, P.Eng.
fig. e Mary E. Macaulay, P.Eng., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141563555
Carex novae-angliae, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. f Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174576231
Carex novae-angliae, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. g Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 47320499
Carex novae-angliae, photographed by Norma Malinowski
fig. h Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85921834

Every figure is a research-grade observation under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, rehosted with the photographer’s name, the licence and the observation it came from. Photographs under a NonCommercial licence are excluded from this site and are never stored, which costs us a great many pictures and is not negotiable.

Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Carex novae-angliae is native: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, South Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin ConnecticutMaineMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew YorkNewfoundlandNova ScotiaOntarioPennsylvaniaQuébecSouth CarolinaVermontWest VirginiaWisconsin
Native distribution of Carex novae-angliae, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Connecticut CNT NORTHERN AMERICA
Maine MAI
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
Nova Scotia NSC
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
Québec QUE
South Carolina SCA
Vermont VER
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 1 synonym

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Carex varia var. novae-angliae (Schwein.) Kük.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.