| Taxon | Carex fracta |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Family common name(s) | sedge; sedges; bulrush |
| Genus common name(s) | carex; sedge; sedge-grass; sedge grass; sedgegrass; shere-grass; shere grass |
| Species common name(s) | fragile-sheathed sedge; fragile sheathed sedge; fragile-sheath sedge; fragile sheath sedge; fragilesheath sedge |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | clasping-bract sedge [Carex amplectens]; clasping bract sedge [Carex amplectens]; clasping-bracted sedge [Carex amplectens]; clasp-bract sedge [Carex amplectens]; claspbract sedge [Carex amplectens] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | bracted sedge is applied to multiple Carex taxa; sword-grass, sword grass, sedge grass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (pejorative or derogatory): nigger-wool, nigger wool, niggerwool |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Carex amplectens Mack. |
