Carex sect. Ovales
# 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 for C. leporina L. and C. scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.)
* 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
