PLANTS Profile for Cyperus eragrostis (tall flatsedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Cyperus eragrostis Lam.
tall flatsedge

Symbol:

CYER

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I

More Information:

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Cyperus eragrostis Lam.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus eragrostis Lam.

CYVE

Cyperus vegetus Willd.

Distribution:
Cyperus eragrostis Lam.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, CA, LA, MS, NJ, OR, PA, SC, TX, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus eragrostis Lam.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus eragrostis Lam.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Cyperus L. – flatsedge
Species	Cyperus eragrostis Lam. – tall flatsedge

Introduced Information:
Cyperus eragrostis Lam.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus eragrostis Lam.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus eragrostis Lam.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39920.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 06:51 AM MDT