PLANTS Profile for Kyllinga pumila (low spikesedge)

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Kyllinga pumila Michx.
low spikesedge

Symbol:

KYPU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Cyperus tenuifolius

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Kyllinga pumila Michx.

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Synonyms:
Kyllinga pumila Michx.

	CYDE15	Cyperus densicaespitosus Mattf. & Kük. ex Kük.
	CYDEM	Cyperus densicaespitosus Mattf. & Kük. ex Kük. var. major (Nees) Kük.
	CYTE2	Cyperus tenuifolius (Steud.) Dandy
	KYTE	Kyllinga tenuifolia Steud.

Distribution:
Kyllinga pumila Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Kyllinga pumila Michx.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 8 species in Kyllinga

Classification:
Kyllinga pumila 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	Kyllinga Rottb. – spikesedge
Species	Kyllinga pumila Michx. – low spikesedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Kyllinga pumila Michx.

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are 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.

Maryland:
thin-leaved flatsedge		Endangered
New Jersey:
Cyperus tenuifolius
low spike sedge		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Kyllinga pumila Michx.

Cyperus tenuifolius:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

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Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Kyllinga pumila Michx.

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 503298.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 12:32 AM MDT