Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Cyperaceae

Fimbristylis - [maps | photos]

• Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: annual fimbry

• Fimbristylis autumnalis (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: slender fimbry

• Fimbristylis decipiens * Kral
  Common Name: southern fimbry

• Fimbristylis miliacea * (L.) Vahl
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: grasslike fimbry
  Synonyms:
  

         • Fimbristylis littoralis Gaud.

• Fimbristylis perpusilla Harper ex Small & Britton (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: Harper's fimbry

• Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: hairy fimbry

• Fimbristylis tomentosa * Vahl
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: woolly fimbry

• Fimbristylis vahlii (Lam.) Link
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Vahl's fimbry
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus vahlii Lam.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.