Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Cyperaceae

Cyperus - [maps | photos]

• Cyperus acuminatus Torr. & Hook.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: tapertip flat-sedge

• Cyperus bipartitus Torr.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slender flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus rivularis Kunth

• Cyperus compressus * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: poorland flat-sedge

• Cyperus croceus Vahl
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Baldwin's flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus baldwinii Torr.

• Cyperus dentatus Torr. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: toothed flat-sedge

• Cyperus diandrus Torr.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: umbrella flat-sedge

• Cyperus difformis * L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: variable flat-sedge

• Cyperus echinatus (L.) Wood
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: globe flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus ovularis (Michx.) Torr.

• Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: redroot flat-sedge

• Cyperus esculentus L.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: chufa flat-sedge

• Cyperus flavescens L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: yellow flat-sedge

• Cyperus flavicomus Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: whiteedge flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus albomarginatus Mart. & Schrad. ex Nees

• Cyperus granitophilus McVaugh
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: granite flat-sedge

• Cyperus haspan L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: haspan flat-sedge

• Cyperus hystricinus Fern.
  Common Name: bristly flatsedge

• Cyperus iria * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: ricefield flat-sedge

• Cyperus lancastriensis Porter ex A. Gray
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: manyflower flat-sedge

• Cyperus lupulinus (Spreng.) Marcks
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: Great Plains flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus filiculmis auct. non Vahl

         • Cyperus bushii Britton

• Cyperus odoratus L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: fragrant flat-sedge
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         • Cyperus engelmannii Steud.

         • Cyperus ferruginescens Boeckl.

• Cyperus plukenetii Fernald (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Plukenet's flat-sedge

• Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Texas flat-sedge
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         • Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

• Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: marsh flat-sedge

• Cyperus refractus Engelm. ex Boeckl.
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: reflexed flat-sedge

• Cyperus retrofractus (L.) Torr.
  Common Name: rough flat-sedge
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         • Cyperus dipsaciformis Fernald

• Cyperus retrorsus Chapman
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: pine barren flat-sedge

• Cyperus rotundus * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: nut grass

• Cyperus squarrosus L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bearded flat-sedge
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         • Cyperus aristatus Rottb.

• Cyperus strigosus L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: strawcolored flat-sedge

• Cyperus surinamensis * Rottb.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: tropical flat-sedge

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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.

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