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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.
Fast Find - on this page
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
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Bulbostylis barbata |
Watergrass |
NP 4 9 10 |
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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 |
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Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia var. coarctata |
Capillary Hairsedge |
NA/P 1 2 3 4 5 NA/P 3 4 NA/P 2 3 4 |
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Bulbostylis juncoides |
Rush Hairsedge |
NP 2 3 7 10 |
not in my area |
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Cyperaceae, Carex - Sedge family, Sedge genus
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Carex abscondita |
Thicket Sedge |
NP 1 |
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Carex agrostoides |
Grassleaf Sedge |
NP 10 |
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Carex alata |
Broadwing Sedge |
NP 1 3 4 |
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Carex albicans var. australis |
Whitetinge Sedge Stellate Sedge |
NP 1 2 |
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Carex albolutescens |
Greenwhite Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 |
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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 |
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Carex annectens |
Yellowfruit Sedge |
NP 3 4 6 8 |
not in my area |
pinecones, dense clusters in a spike |
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Carex arkansana |
Arkansas Sedge |
NP 3 4 |
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Carex athrostachya |
Slenderbeak Sedge |
NP 10 |
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Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica ssp. capillacea |
Prickly Bog Sedge |
NP 1 3 4 |
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Carex aurea |
Golden Sedge |
NP 9 |
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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 |
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Carex basiantha |
Willdenow's Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 |
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Carex blanda |
Eastern Woodland Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
not in my area |
tiny balls in short spike, large leaves |
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Carex brevior |
Shortbeak Sedge, Fescue Sedge |
NP 1 3 4 8 |
not in my area |
pinecone, few in cluster |
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Carex bromoides ssp. bromoides |
Bromelike Sedge |
NP |
? |
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Carex bulbostylis |
False Hair Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
no photo | |
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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 |
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Carex caroliniana |
Carolina Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 |
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Carex cephalophora |
Oval-leaf Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 |
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Carex cherokeensis |
Cherokee Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
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Carex comosa |
Longhair Sedge |
NP 1 3 |
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Carex complanata |
Hirsute Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 |
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Carex corrugata |
Prune-fruit Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 6 |
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Carex crebriflora |
Coastal plain Sedge |
NP 1 2 |
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Carex crinita var. brevicrinis |
Fringed Sedge |
NP 1 5 |
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Carex crus-corvi |
Ravenfoot Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
not in my area |
tall fuzzy/prickly spike, appressed radial spikelets |
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Carex davisii |
Davis Sedge |
NP 3 4 |
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Carex debilis var. debilis |
White Edge Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 |
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Carex decomposita |
Cypressknee Sedge |
NP 2 3 |
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Carex digitalis |
Slender Woodland Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 |
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Carex eburnea |
Bristleleaf Sedge |
NP |
? |
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Carex edwardsiana |
Edwards Plateau Sedge |
NP 4 5 6 7 |
not in my area |
no photo |
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Carex emoryi |
Emory's Sedge |
NP 3 4 5 6 7 9 |
Taylor, Brown |
long dense spike, very long narrow leaves |
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Carex festucacea |
Fescue Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 6 |
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Carex fissa var. fissa |
Hammock Sedge |
NP 1 3 4 |
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Carex flaccosperma |
Thinfruit Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 6 |
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Carex floridana |
Florida Sedge |
NP |
? |
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Carex frankii |
Frank's Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 |
not in my area |
looks like bristlegrass |
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Carex geophila |
White Mountain Sedge |
NP 10 |
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Carex gigantea |
Giant Sedge |
NP 1 2 |
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Carex glaucescens |
Southern Waxy Sedge |
NP 1 2 |
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Carex glaucodea |
Blue Sedge |
NP 3 4 6 |
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Carex granularis |
Limestone Meadow Sedge |
NP 1 3 |
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Carex gravida var. lunelliana |
Heavy Sedge |
NP 4 5 |
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Carex grisea |
Inflated Narrow-leaf Sedge |
NP 1 4 |
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Carex hirsutella |
Fuzzy Wuzzy Sedge |
NP |
? |
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Carex hyalina |
Tissue Sedge |
NP 1 3 |
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Carex hyalinolepis |
Shoreline Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 6 |
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Carex hystericina |
Bottlebrush Sedge |
NP 4 8 9 10 |
not in my area |
prickly bottlebrush |
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Carex intumescens |
Greater Bladder Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 |
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Carex joorii |
Cypress Swamp Sedge |
NP 1 2 |
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Carex lativena |
Broadvein Sedge |
NP |
? |
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Carex leavenworthii |
Leavenworth's Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 6 |
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Carex leptalea ssp. harperi |
Bristlystalked Sedge Harper's Sedge |
NP 1 |
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Carex lonchocarpa |
Southern Long Sedge |
NP 1 2 |
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Carex longii |
Long's Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 |
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Carex louisianica |
Louisiana Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 |
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Carex lupuliformis |
False Hop Sedge |
NP 1 2 |
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Carex lupulina |
Hop Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 6 |
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Carex lurida |
Shallow Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 6 |
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Carex mckittrickensis |
Guadalupe Mountain Sedge |
NP 10 |
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Carex meadii |
Mead's Sedge |
NP 2 8 |
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Carex mesochorea |
Midland Sedge |
NP 4 |
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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 |
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Carex microrhyncha |
Littlesnout Sedge |
NP 3 4 |
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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
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cone shaped cluster of spheres on long stick, basal leaves |
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Carex muriculata |
Schiede's Sedge |
NP 10 |
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Carex nigromarginata |
Black Edge Sedge |
NP 1 |
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Carex occidentalis |
Western Sedge |
NP 4 10 |
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Carex oklahomensis |
Oklahoma Sedge |
NP 1 3 8 |
thick cylinder, long very narrow leaves | |
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Carex onusta |
Storm Sedge |
NP |
? |
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Carex oxylepis var. oxylepis |
Sharpscale Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 6 |
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thick cylinder, wide leaves |
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Carex ozarkana |
Ozark Sedge |
NP 1 3 |
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Carex pellita |
Woolly Sedge |
NP 4 8 9 |
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male spike above wider female spike, round fruit in short spike |
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Carex perdentata |
Sand Sedge, Texas Hill Sedge, Meadow Sedge |
NP 1 4 5 6 7 8 |
Taylor |
muli ovate spikes, prickly? |
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Carex planispicata |
Flat-spiked Sedge |
NP |
? |
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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 |
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Carex reniformis |
Kidneyshape Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 |
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Carex retroflexa |
Reflexed Sedge |
NP 1 3 4 5 |
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Carex rosea |
Rosy Sedge |
NP 1 |
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Carex shinnersii |
Shinner's Sedge |
NP |
? |
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Carex socialis |
Low Woodland Sedge |
NP 3 |
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Carex striatula |
Lined Sedge |
NP 1 2 |
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Carex stricta |
Upright Sedge |
NP 1 3 4 |
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Carex styloflexa |
Bent Sedge |
NP 1 |
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Carex tenax |
Wire Sedge |
NP 1 |
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short spike of round seeds, long narrow leaves |
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Carex tetrastachya (brittoniana) |
Britton's Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Taylor, Callahan, Brown |
pinecone balls on long culms |
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Carex texensis |
Texas Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 |
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Carex triangularis |
Eastern Fox Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 8 9 |
not in my area |
spike of appressed points, long narrow leaves |
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Carex tribuloides var. sangamonensis var. tribuloides |
Blunt Broom Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 6 NP 1 3
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Carex typhina |
Cattail Sedge |
NP 1 3 |
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Carex verrucosa |
Warty Sedge |
NP 1 2 |
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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
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Cladium mariscoides |
Smooth Sawgrass |
NP 1 3 |
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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
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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 |
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Cyperus aggregatus |
Inflatedscale Flatsedge |
NP |
? |
cylenders, short pedicel |
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Cyperus articulatus |
Jointed Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 |
not in my area |
long narrow spikelets |
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Cyperus bipartitus |
Slender Flatsedge |
NA 1 |
wheat-like, cluster |
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Cyperus cephalanthus |
Buttonbush Flatsedge |
NP 2 |
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Cyperus compressus |
Poorland Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 4 |
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Cyperus croceus |
Baldwin's Flatsedge, Globe Sedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
small radial balls, long stiff bracts, long culm, basal leaves |
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Cyperus cuspidatus |
Coastal Plain Flatsedge |
NA |
? |
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Cyperus difformis |
Variable Flatsedge |
IA 2 6 |
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Cyperus digitatus |
Finger Flatsedge |
NP 2 4 5 |
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Cyperus drummondii |
Drummond's Sedge |
NP |
? |
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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 |
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Cyperus elegans |
Royal Flatsedge |
NP 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 |
not in my area |
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Cyperus entrerianus |
Woodrush Flatsedge |
IP 1 2 |
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Cyperus eragrostis |
Tall Flatsedge |
NP 2 |
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Cyperus erythrorhizos |
Redroot Flatsedge |
NA/P 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
radial spikelets, small clusters form red large cluster |
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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 |
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Cyperus fendlerianus |
Fendler's Flatsedge, Tuberroot Flatsedge |
NP |
? |
radial large wheat-like spikelets, basal leaves |
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Cyperus flavescens |
Yellow Flatsedge |
NA 1 2 3 4 5 7 |
not in my area |
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Cyperus flavicomus |
Whiteedge Flatsedge |
NA 10 |
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Cyperus fugax |
Withering Flatsedge |
NA |
? |
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Cyperus grayoides |
Illinois Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 |
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Cyperus haspan |
Haspan Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 7 |
not in my area |
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Cyperus hermaphroditus |
Hermaphrodite Flatsedge |
NP |
? |
large wheat-like spikelets, few in a cluster, basal leaves |
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Cyperus hystricinus |
Bristly Flatsedge |
NP 1 3 4 |
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Cyperus involucratus |
Unbrella Plant |
IP 2 6 10 |
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Cyperus iria |
Ricefield Flatsedge |
IA 2 3 4 |
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Cyperus laevigatus |
Smooth Flatsedge |
NP 10 |
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Cyperus lancastriensis |
Manyflower Flatsedge |
NP |
? |
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Cyperus lanceolatus |
Epiphytic Flatsedge |
NP |
? |
radial spikelets |
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Cyperus lentiginosus |
Latin American Flatsedge |
NP 2 3 4 5 6 |
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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 |
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Cyperus niger |
Black Flatsedge |
NA 2 9 10 |
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Cyperus ochraceus |
Pond Flatsedge |
NP 2 3 4 6 9 |
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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 |
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Cyperus onerosus |
Plains Flatsedge |
NP 9 10 |
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Cyperus oxylepis |
Sharpscale Flatsedge |
NP 2 |
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Cyperus pallidicolor |
Pallid Flatsedge |
NP |
? |
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Cyperus phaeolepis |
Madagascar Flatsedge |
IP |
? |
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Cyperus plukenetii |
Plukenet's Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 |
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Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis |
Manyspike Flatsedge Texan Flatsedge |
NA/P 1 2 3 4 7 |
not in my area |
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Cyperus prolixus |
Mosquito Flatsedge |
IP |
? |
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Cyperus pseudovegetus |
Marsh Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
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pretty |
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Cyperus reflexus |
Bentawn Flatsedge |
NP 2 3 4 7 |
not in my area |
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Cyperus refractus |
Reflexed Flatsedge |
NP |
? |
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Cyperus retroflexus |
Oneflower Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Taylor, Callahan |
one ball |
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Cyperus retrofractus |
Rough Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 |
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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 |
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Cyperus rotundus |
Purple Nutgrass |
IP 1 2 3 4 6 7 10 |
Taylor |
linear spikelets, purple, yard weed |
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Cyperus schweinitzii |
Schweinitz's Flatsedge, Sand Flatsedge |
NP 8 9 10 |
Taylor, Jones |
appressed wheat-like spikelets, loose spike |
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Cyperus seslerioides |
Texas Flatsedge |
NP 10 |
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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 |
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Cyperus spectabilis |
Spectacular Flatsedge |
NP 10 |
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Cyperus sphaerolepis |
Rusby's Flatsedge |
NP 10 |
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Cyperus squarrosus |
Bearded Flatsedge |
NA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 |
not in my area |
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Cyperus strigosus |
Strawcolored Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
not in my area |
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Cyperus surinamensis |
Tropical Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 6 |
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Cyperus tetragonus |
Fourangle Flatsedge |
NP |
? |
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Cyperus thyrsiflorus |
Southern Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 |
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Cyperus virens |
Green Flatsedge |
NP 1 2 3 4 6 |
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Cyperaceae, Eleocharis - Sedge family, Spikerush genus
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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 |
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Eleocharis acutangula |
Acute Spikerush |
NP |
? |
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Eleocharis albida |
White Spikerush |
NP 2 7 10 |
not in my area |
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Eleocharis atropurpurea |
Purple Spikerush |
NA 2 3 4 6 9 |
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Eleocharis austrotexana |
Rio Grande Spikerush |
NP 2 3 6 |
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Eleocharis baldwinii |
Baldwin's Spikerush |
NP 1 3 |
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Eleocharis brachycarpa |
Shortfruit Spikerush |
NA |
? |
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Eleocharis brittonii |
Britton's Spikerush |
NA |
? |
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Eleocharis cancellata |
Arizona Spikerush |
NA |
? |
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Eleocharis cellulosa |
Gulf Coast Spikerush |
NP 2 3 4 6 7 |
not in my area |
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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
? |
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Eleocharis cylindrica |
Cylinder Spikerush |
NP 2 7 9 10 |
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Eleocharis elongata |
Slim Spikerush |
NP 1 |
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Eleocharis engelmannii |
Engelmann's Spikerush |
NP 9 |