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Cyperus houghtonii Torr.
Houghton's flatsedge

       
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Line Drawing of Cyperus houghtonii Torr.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 301. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Cyperus houghtonii Torr.

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Distribution:
Cyperus houghtonii Torr.

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USA (IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Cyperus houghtonii Torr.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus
 

Classification:
Cyperus houghtonii 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 houghtonii Torr. – Houghton's flatsedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus houghtonii 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.

Indiana:
houghton's nutsedge              Rare
Maine:
Houghton's umbrella-sedge              Possibly Extirpated
Massachusetts:
Houghton's flatsedge              Endangered
New Hampshire:
Houghton's umbrella-sedge              Threatened
Ohio:
Houghton's umbrella-sedge              Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
Houghton's flatsedge              Endangered
Vermont:
Houghton's cyperus              Threatened
 

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus houghtonii 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 39932.

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

 
 
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