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Carex oronensis Fernald (Orono sedge) (ME only)
Carex ovalis Goodenough (Carex leporina auct. non L., Carex tracyi auct. non Mack.) (eggbract sedge)
(native in USA; * in Canada)
Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb. (Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb. var. transatlantica Fernald)
(chaff sedge, chaffy sedge)
Carex pallescens L. (Carex pallescens L. var. neogaea Fernald) (pale sedge)
Carex panicea L. (Carex panicea L. var. microcarpa Sonder) (grass-like sedge)
Carex x pannewitziana Figert [rostrata x vesicaria] (Carex involuta (Bab.) Syme, Carex x kuekenthaliana
Appel & Bruckner) (Pannewitz's sedge)
Carex parryana Dewey (Parry‟s sedge)
Carex x patuensis Lepage (Quebec sedge) (QC only)
Carex pauciflora Lightf. (few-flowered sedge)
Carex peckii Howe (Carex albicans auct. non Willd. ex Spreng., Carex nigromarginata Schwein. var.
elliptica (Boott) Gleason, Carex nigromarginata Schwein. var. minor (Boott) Gleason) (Peck's
sedge, peck-sedge)
Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd. (longstalk sedge, long-stalked sedge, peduncled sedge)
Carex pellita Muhl. ex Willd. (Carex lanuginosa auct. non Michx., Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. var. latifolia
(Boeckeler) Gilly) (woolly sedge)
Carex pensylvanica Lam. (Carex marginata Willd., Carex pensylvanica Lam. var. glumabunda Peck,
Carex pensylvanica Lam. var. marginata (Willd.) Dewey, Carex pensylvanica Lam. var. vespertina L.H.
Bailey, Carex stolonifera Schwein.) (common oak sedge, Pennsylvania sedge)
Carex x persalina Lepage (salina x subspathacea) (salt-marsh sedge)
Carex petricosa Dewey (rockdwelling sedge) (QC & NF in e. Canada)
Carex x physocarpioides Lepage [saxatilis x utriculata] (Carex ambusta Boott, Carex saxatilis L. var.
major Olney) (large russet sedge) (disjunct in QC/NF in e. Canada; more western USA/Canada in
origin)
Carex x pieperiana P. Junge [flava x viridula ssp. brachyrhyncha var. elatior] (shining green sedge) (QC
& NF only)
Carex plantaginea Lam. (June-sedge, plantainleaf sedge, plantained-leaved sedge, plantain-sedge)
Carex platyphylla Carey (broadleaf sedge, broad-leaved sedge)
Carex polymorpha Muhl. (variable sedge) (NY/ME southward; not in Canada)
Carex praegracilis W. Boott (Carex camporum Mack.) (clustered field sedge, expressway sedge,
slender sedge, verge sedge, very slender sedge)*/** (often used in greenroofs)
Carex prairea Dewey ex Alph. Wood (fen panicled sedge, fen sedge, prairie sedge)
Carex prasina Wahlenb. (drooping sedge)
Carex praticola Rydb. (Carex praticola Rydb. var. subcoriacea F.J. Herm.) (large-fruited oval sedge,
meadow sedge, northern meadow sedge)
Carex projecta Mack. (loose-headed oval sedge, necklace sedge)
Carex pseudocyperus L. (also spelled as Carex pseudo-cyperus L.) (cypress sedge, cypress-like sedge,
false bristly sedge)
Carex x pseudohelvola Kihlm. (pro sp.) [canescens x mackenziei] (false Swiss sedge)
Carex x quebecensis Lepage [bigelowii x saxatilis] (true Quebec sedge)
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