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Cyperus diandrus Torr.
umbrella flatsedge

       
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Line Drawing of Cyperus diandrus Torr.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 298. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Cyperus diandrus Torr.

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Distribution:
Cyperus diandrus Torr.

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USA (CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Cyperus diandrus Torr.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus
 

Classification:
Cyperus diandrus Torr.

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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 diandrus Torr. – umbrella flatsedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus diandrus Torr.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Pennsylvania:
umbrella flatsedge              Endangered
Vermont:
low cyperus              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus diandrus Torr.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW,FACW+ FACW FACW FACW+ FACW FACW+ FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus diandrus Torr.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39885.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/22/2008 07:19 PM MDT