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 athrostachya * Carex bebbii * Carex bicknellii * Carex brevior * * Carex crawfordii * Carex cristatella * Carex cumulata * Carex davyi * * Carex egglestonii * Carex festucacea * * Carex foenea * Carex fracta * Carex gracilior * Carex harfordii * Carex haydeniana * * Carex hyalina * Carex illota * Carex integra * Carex leporinella * Carex longii * * Carex mariposana * Carex merritt-fernaldii * Carex microptera * * Carex molesta * * Carex multicostata * Car