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Texas List

This list is primarily for my use but please feel free to use it. I made it to keep track of the species I have looked at while researching a specimen so they don't all have to have pages.

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Family, Genus - group common name

Cyperaceae, Bulbostylis - Sedge family, Hairsedge genus

Cyperaceae, Carex - Sedge family, Sedge genus

Cyperaceae, Cladium - Sedge family, Sawgrass genus

Cyperaceae, Cyperus - Sedge family, Flatsedge genus

Cyperaceae, Eleocharis - Sedge family, Spikerush genus

Cyperaceae, Fimbristylis - Sedge family, Fimbry genus

Cyperaceae, Fuirena - Sedge family, Umbrella Sedge genus

Cyperaceae, Isolepis - Sedge family, Bulrush #1 genus

Cyperaceae, Kyllinga - Sedge family, Spikesedge genus

Cyperaceae, Lipocarpha - Sedge family, Halfchaff Sedge genus

Cyperaceae, Rhynchospora - Sedge family, Beaksedge genus

Cyperaceae, Schoenoplectus - Sedge family, Bulrush #2 genus

Cyperaceae, Schoenus - Sedge family, Bogrush genus

Equisetaceae, Equisetum - Horsetail family, Scouringrush genus

Juncaceae, Juncus - Rush family, Rush genus

Juncaceae, Luzula - Rush family, Woodrush genus

Typhaceae, Typha - Cattail family, Cattail genus

Rows

1) Genus, species / common

1a) blue=photos green=listed as similar species yellow="like" group gray="spike" group

2) Common names

3a) N=native I=introduced A=annual P=perennial

3b) Numbers of the standard Vegetation areas of Texas per plants.USDA.gov

4) List of my area counties (Taylor); other places I, or others, have photographed per plants.USDA.gov

5) Short description

Cyperaceae, Bulbostylis - Sedge family, Hairsedge genus

Bulbostylis barbata	Watergrass	NP 4 9 10
Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris	Densetuft Hairsedge	NA/P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10	not in my area	tiny pointed cone, lots of flowering stems, short leaves at base
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia var. coarctata	Capillary Hairsedge	NA/P 1 2 3 4 5 NA/P 3 4 NA/P 2 3 4
Bulbostylis juncoides	Rush Hairsedge	NP 2 3 7 10	not in my area

Cyperaceae, Carex - Sedge family, Sedge genus

Carex abscondita	Thicket Sedge	NP 1
Carex agrostoides	Grassleaf Sedge	NP 10
Carex alata	Broadwing Sedge	NP 1 3 4
Carex albicans var. australis	Whitetinge Sedge Stellate Sedge	NP 1 2
Carex albolutescens	Greenwhite Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4
Carex amphibola	Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	not in my area	short spikes of flat round seeds, long thin leaves
Carex annectens	Yellowfruit Sedge	NP 3 4 6 8	not in my area	pinecones, dense clusters in a spike
Carex arkansana	Arkansas Sedge	NP 3 4
Carex athrostachya	Slenderbeak Sedge	NP 10
Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica ssp. capillacea	Prickly Bog Sedge	NP 1 3 4
Carex aurea	Golden Sedge	NP 9
Carex austrina	Southern Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	not in my area	large round spikelets clustered in ball/pinecone on a spike
Carex basiantha	Willdenow's Sedge	NP 1 2 3
Carex blanda	Eastern Woodland Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	not in my area	tiny balls in short spike, large leaves
Carex brevior	Shortbeak Sedge, Fescue Sedge	NP 1 3 4 8	not in my area	pinecone, few in cluster
Carex bromoides ssp. bromoides	Bromelike Sedge	NP	?
Carex bulbostylis	False Hair Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6		no photo
Carex bushii	Bush's Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	not in my area	fuzzy inverted cone become round seed pinecone, very narrow long leaves
Carex caroliniana	Carolina Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4
Carex cephalophora	Oval-leaf Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5
Carex cherokeensis	Cherokee Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6
Carex comosa	Longhair Sedge	NP 1 3
Carex complanata	Hirsute Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4
Carex corrugata	Prune-fruit Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6
Carex crebriflora	Coastal plain Sedge	NP 1 2
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis	Fringed Sedge	NP 1 5
Carex crus-corvi	Ravenfoot Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	not in my area	tall fuzzy/prickly spike, appressed radial spikelets
Carex davisii	Davis Sedge	NP 3 4
Carex debilis var. debilis	White Edge Sedge	NP 1 2 3
Carex decomposita	Cypressknee Sedge	NP 2 3
Carex digitalis	Slender Woodland Sedge	NP 1 2 3
Carex eburnea	Bristleleaf Sedge	NP	?
Carex edwardsiana	Edwards Plateau Sedge	NP 4 5 6 7	not in my area	no photo
Carex emoryi	Emory's Sedge	NP 3 4 5 6 7 9	Taylor, Brown	long dense spike, very long narrow leaves
Carex festucacea	Fescue Sedge	NP 1 2 3 6
Carex fissa var. fissa	Hammock Sedge	NP 1 3 4
Carex flaccosperma	Thinfruit Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6
Carex floridana	Florida Sedge	NP	?
Carex frankii	Frank's Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10	not in my area	looks like bristlegrass
Carex geophila	White Mountain Sedge	NP 10
Carex gigantea	Giant Sedge	NP 1 2
Carex glaucescens	Southern Waxy Sedge	NP 1 2
Carex glaucodea	Blue Sedge	NP 3 4 6
Carex granularis	Limestone Meadow Sedge	NP 1 3
Carex gravida var. lunelliana	Heavy Sedge	NP 4 5
Carex grisea	Inflated Narrow-leaf Sedge	NP 1 4
Carex hirsutella	Fuzzy Wuzzy Sedge	NP	?
Carex hyalina	Tissue Sedge	NP 1 3
Carex hyalinolepis	Shoreline Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6
Carex hystericina	Bottlebrush Sedge	NP 4 8 9 10	not in my area	prickly bottlebrush
Carex intumescens	Greater Bladder Sedge	NP 1 2 3
Carex joorii	Cypress Swamp Sedge	NP 1 2
Carex lativena	Broadvein Sedge	NP	?
Carex leavenworthii	Leavenworth's Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6
Carex leptalea ssp. harperi	Bristlystalked Sedge Harper's Sedge	NP 1
Carex lonchocarpa	Southern Long Sedge	NP 1 2
Carex longii	Long's Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4
Carex louisianica	Louisiana Sedge	NP 1 2 3
Carex lupuliformis	False Hop Sedge	NP 1 2
Carex lupulina	Hop Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6
Carex lurida	Shallow Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6
Carex mckittrickensis	Guadalupe Mountain Sedge	NP 10
Carex meadii	Mead's Sedge	NP 2 8
Carex mesochorea	Midland Sedge	NP 4
Carex microdonta	Littletooth Sedge, Small-tooth Caric Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10	Brown	inverted fuzzy cone turns into appressed large seed cylinder
Carex microrhyncha	Littlesnout Sedge	NP 3 4
Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis var. muehlenbergii	Muhlenberg's Sedge	NP 1 3 4 5 6 7 NP 1 3 4 5 6 7 NP 1 3 4 5	Taylor, Brown Taylor, Brown	cone shaped cluster of spheres on long stick, basal leaves
Carex muriculata	Schiede's Sedge	NP 10
Carex nigromarginata	Black Edge Sedge	NP 1
Carex occidentalis	Western Sedge	NP 4 10
Carex oklahomensis	Oklahoma Sedge	NP 1 3 8		thick cylinder, long very narrow leaves
Carex onusta	Storm Sedge	NP	?
Carex oxylepis var. oxylepis	Sharpscale Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6		thick cylinder, wide leaves
Carex ozarkana	Ozark Sedge	NP 1 3
Carex pellita	Woolly Sedge	NP 4 8 9		male spike above wider female spike, round fruit in short spike
Carex perdentata	Sand Sedge, Texas Hill Sedge, Meadow Sedge	NP 1 4 5 6 7 8	Taylor	muli ovate spikes, prickly?
Carex planispicata	Flat-spiked Sedge	NP	?
Carex planostachys	Cedar Sedge	NP 2 3 4 5 6 7 10	Taylor	fuzzy pointed spike or like white daisy tuft, male spike smaller, long narrow drooping leaves
Carex reniformis	Kidneyshape Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5
Carex retroflexa	Reflexed Sedge	NP 1 3 4 5
Carex rosea	Rosy Sedge	NP 1
Carex shinnersii	Shinner's Sedge	NP	?
Carex socialis	Low Woodland Sedge	NP 3
Carex striatula	Lined Sedge	NP 1 2
Carex stricta	Upright Sedge	NP 1 3 4
Carex styloflexa	Bent Sedge	NP 1
Carex tenax	Wire Sedge	NP 1		short spike of round seeds, long narrow leaves
Carex tetrastachya (brittoniana)	Britton's Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Taylor, Callahan, Brown	pinecone balls on long culms
Carex texensis	Texas Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4
Carex triangularis	Eastern Fox Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 8 9	not in my area	spike of appressed points, long narrow leaves
Carex tribuloides var. sangamonensis var. tribuloides	Blunt Broom Sedge	NP 1 2 3 6 NP 1 3
Carex typhina	Cattail Sedge	NP 1 3
Carex verrucosa	Warty Sedge	NP 1 2
Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea	Fox Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6 8 9	not in my area	spike of pinecones

Cyperaceae, Cladium - Sedge family, Sawgrass genus

Cladium mariscoides

Smooth Sawgrass

NP 1 3

Cladium mariscus

ssp. jamaicense

Swamp Sawgrass

Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass

NP 2 4 6 7 10

not in my area

large cascading leaves

Cyperaceae, Cyperus - Sedge family, Flatsedge genus

Cyperus acuminatus	Taperleaf Flatsedge, Tapertip Flatsedge	NA/P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10	Taylor, Brown	radial balls of wheat-like spikelet on short pedicel
Cyperus aggregatus	Inflatedscale Flatsedge	NP	?	cylenders, short pedicel
Cyperus articulatus	Jointed Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 9	not in my area	long narrow spikelets
Cyperus bipartitus	Slender Flatsedge	NA 1		wheat-like, cluster
Cyperus cephalanthus	Buttonbush Flatsedge	NP 2
Cyperus compressus	Poorland Flatsedge	NP 1 2 4
Cyperus croceus	Baldwin's Flatsedge, Globe Sedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6		small radial balls, long stiff bracts, long culm, basal leaves
Cyperus cuspidatus	Coastal Plain Flatsedge	NA	?
Cyperus difformis	Variable Flatsedge	IA 2 6
Cyperus digitatus	Finger Flatsedge	NP 2 4 5
Cyperus drummondii	Drummond's Sedge	NP	?
Cyperus echinatus	Globe Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10	not in my area	radial spikelets on long pedicel, long wide bracts
Cyperus elegans	Royal Flatsedge	NP 2 3 4 5 6 7 10	not in my area
Cyperus entrerianus	Woodrush Flatsedge	IP 1 2
Cyperus eragrostis	Tall Flatsedge	NP 2
Cyperus erythrorhizos	Redroot Flatsedge	NA/P 1 2 3 4 5 6		radial spikelets, small clusters form red large cluster
Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus var. macrostachyus	Yellow nutsedge	N/IP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NP 2 3 4 7 NP 2 3 4 7	not in my area	elongated radial spikelets on long pedicel
Cyperus fendlerianus	Fendler's Flatsedge, Tuberroot Flatsedge	NP	?	radial large wheat-like spikelets, basal leaves
Cyperus flavescens	Yellow Flatsedge	NA 1 2 3 4 5 7	not in my area
Cyperus flavicomus	Whiteedge Flatsedge	NA 10
Cyperus fugax	Withering Flatsedge	NA	?
Cyperus grayoides	Illinois Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3
Cyperus haspan	Haspan Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 7	not in my area
Cyperus hermaphroditus	Hermaphrodite Flatsedge	NP	?	large wheat-like spikelets, few in a cluster, basal leaves
Cyperus hystricinus	Bristly Flatsedge	NP 1 3 4
Cyperus involucratus	Unbrella Plant	IP 2 6 10
Cyperus iria	Ricefield Flatsedge	IA 2 3 4
Cyperus laevigatus	Smooth Flatsedge	NP 10
Cyperus lancastriensis	Manyflower Flatsedge	NP	?
Cyperus lanceolatus	Epiphytic Flatsedge	NP	?	radial spikelets
Cyperus lentiginosus	Latin American Flatsedge	NP 2 3 4 5 6
Cyperus lupulinus ssp. lupulinus	Slender Flatsedge, Great Plains Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	Brown	radial ball of wheat-like spikelets, long bracts
Cyperus niger	Black Flatsedge	NA 2 9 10
Cyperus ochraceus	Pond Flatsedge	NP 2 3 4 6 9
Cyperus odoratus	Fragrant Flatsedge, Large-head Flatsedge, Rusty Flatsedge	NA/P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Taylor, Brown	cyprus-like needles on a stick, loose clusters, short pedicel, long thick bracts
Cyperus onerosus	Plains Flatsedge	NP 9 10
Cyperus oxylepis	Sharpscale Flatsedge	NP 2
Cyperus pallidicolor	Pallid Flatsedge	NP	?
Cyperus phaeolepis	Madagascar Flatsedge	IP	?
Cyperus plukenetii	Plukenet's Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4
Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis	Manyspike Flatsedge Texan Flatsedge	NA/P 1 2 3 4 7	not in my area
Cyperus prolixus	Mosquito Flatsedge	IP	?
Cyperus pseudovegetus	Marsh Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6		pretty
Cyperus reflexus	Bentawn Flatsedge	NP 2 3 4 7	not in my area
Cyperus refractus	Reflexed Flatsedge	NP	?
Cyperus retroflexus	Oneflower Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Taylor, Callahan	one ball
Cyperus retrofractus	Rough Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4
Cyperus retrorsus var. retrorsus var. robustus	Cylindric Sedge, Pine Barren Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 7	not in my area	radial ball spikelets on long pedicels, deep lateral crease, long stiff bracts
Cyperus rotundus	Purple Nutgrass	IP 1 2 3 4 6 7 10	Taylor	linear spikelets, purple, yard weed
Cyperus schweinitzii	Schweinitz's Flatsedge, Sand Flatsedge	NP 8 9 10	Taylor, Jones	appressed wheat-like spikelets, loose spike
Cyperus seslerioides	Texas Flatsedge	NP 10
Cyperus setigerus	Lean Flatsedge, Straw Flatsedge, False Nutsedge	NP 1 3 4 5 7 8 9	Jones	cyprus-like needles on a stick, loose clusters, long pedicel, droopy bracts
Cyperus spectabilis	Spectacular Flatsedge	NP 10
Cyperus sphaerolepis	Rusby's Flatsedge	NP 10
Cyperus squarrosus	Bearded Flatsedge	NA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10	not in my area
Cyperus strigosus	Strawcolored Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	not in my area
Cyperus surinamensis	Tropical Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6
Cyperus tetragonus	Fourangle Flatsedge	NP	?
Cyperus thyrsiflorus	Southern Flatsedge	NP 1 2
Cyperus virens	Green Flatsedge	NP 1 2 3 4 6

Cyperaceae, Eleocharis - Sedge family, Spikerush genus

Eleocharis acicularis var. acicularis	Needle Spikerush	NP 2 3 4 6 7 8 9	Taylor	grass-like, many stems from base, tiny red round head
Eleocharis acutangula	Acute Spikerush	NP	?
Eleocharis albida	White Spikerush	NP 2 7 10	not in my area
Eleocharis atropurpurea	Purple Spikerush	NA 2 3 4 6 9
Eleocharis austrotexana	Rio Grande Spikerush	NP 2 3 6
Eleocharis baldwinii	Baldwin's Spikerush	NP 1 3
Eleocharis brachycarpa	Shortfruit Spikerush	NA	?
Eleocharis brittonii	Britton's Spikerush	NA	?
Eleocharis cancellata	Arizona Spikerush	NA	?
Eleocharis cellulosa	Gulf Coast Spikerush	NP 2 3 4 6 7	not in my area
Eleocharis compressa var. acutisquamata var. compressa	Flatstem Spikerush Sharpscale Spikerush Fatstem Spikerush	NP 2 3 4 5 7 NP 3 4 5 NP	not in my area ?
Eleocharis cylindrica	Cylinder Spikerush	NP 2 7 9 10
Eleocharis elongata	Slim Spikerush	NP 1
Eleocharis engelmannii	Engelmann's Spikerush	NP 9