Carex sect. Ovales

'Carex'' sect. Ovales' is a section of the genus Carex'', containing around 85 species of sedge. It is the most diverse section of the genus in North America, containing 72 species:


 * Carex abrupta
 * Carex adusta
 * Carex alata
 * Carex albolutescens
 * Carex amplectens
 * Carex arapahoensis
 * Carex argyrantha
 * Carex athrostachya
 * Carex bebbii
 * Carex bicknellii
 * Carex brevior
 * Carex constanceana
 * Carex crawfordii
 * Carex cristatella
 * Carex cumulata
 * Carex davyi
 * Carex ebenea
 * Carex egglestonii
 * Carex festucacea
 * Carex feta
 * Carex foenea
 * Carex fracta
 * Carex gracilior
 * Carex harfordii
 * Carex haydeniana
 * Carex hormathodes
 * Carex hyalina
 * Carex illota
 * Carex integra
 * Carex leporina
 * Carex leporinella
 * Carex longii
 * Carex macloviana
 * Carex mariposana
 * Carex merritt-fernaldii
 * Carex microptera
 * Carex missouriensis
 * Carex molesta
 * Carex molestiformis
 * Carex multicostata
 * Carex muskingumensis
 * Carex normalis
 * Carex opaca
 * Carex oronensis
 * Carex ovalis, (nom. illeg. synonym  and )
 * Carex ozarkana
 * Carex pachystachya
 * Carex petasata
 * Carex phaeocephala
 * Carex praticola
 * Carex preslii
 * Carex projecta
 * Carex proposita
 * Carex reniformis
 * Carex scoparia
 * Carex shinnersii
 * Carex silicea
 * Carex specifica
 * Carex stenoptila
 * Carex straminea
 * Carex straminiformis
 * Carex subbracteata
 * Carex suberecta
 * Carex subfusca
 * Carex tahoensis
 * Carex tenera
 * Carex tetrastachya
 * Carex tincta
 * Carex tribuloides
 * Carex unilateralis
 * Carex vexans
 * Carex wootonii
 * Carex xerantica