PLANTS Profile for Cyperus pseudovegetus (marsh flatsedge)

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Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.
marsh flatsedge

Symbol:

CYPS

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.

CYVIA

Cyperus virens Michx. var. arenicola (Boeckeler) Shinners

Distribution:
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.

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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 pseudovegetus Steud. – marsh flatsedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.

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.

Indiana:
green flatsedge		Rare
New Jersey:
marsh flat sedge		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39896.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 06:54 AM MDT