PLANTS Profile for Cyperus schweinitzii (Schweinitz's flatsedge)

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Cyperus schweinitzii Torr.
Schweinitz's flatsedge

Symbol:

CYSC3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Cyperus schweinitzii 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 schweinitzii Torr.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus schweinitzii Torr.

	CYME2	Cyperus ×mesochoreus Geise
	CYSCU	Cyperus schweinitzii Torr. var. uberior Kük.
	MASC7	Mariscus schweinitzii (Torr.) T. Koyama

Distribution:
Cyperus schweinitzii Torr.


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USA (AR, AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, MB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus schweinitzii Torr.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus schweinitzii 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 schweinitzii Torr. – Schweinitz's flatsedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus schweinitzii 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.

New York:
Schweinitz's flatsedge		Rare
Pennsylvania:
Schweinitz's flatsedge		Rare

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus schweinitzii Torr.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

UPL,FAC

FACU

UPL

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FAC

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus schweinitzii 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 39963.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 11:55 PM MDT