PLANTS Profile for Cyperus virens (green flatsedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Cyperus virens Michx.
green flatsedge

Symbol:

CYVI2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N

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Cyperus virens Michx.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus virens Michx.

	CYRO10	Cyperus robustus Kunth
	CYVID	Cyperus virens Michx. var. drummondii (Torr. & Hook.) Kük.

Distribution:
Cyperus virens Michx.


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USA (AL, CA, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus virens Michx.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus virens Michx.

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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 virens Michx. – green flatsedge

Introduced Information:
Cyperus virens Michx.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus virens Michx.

Nat. Ind.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus virens Michx.

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39975.

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

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 04:26 AM MDT