PLANTS Profile for Cyperus bipartitus (slender flatsedge)

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Cyperus bipartitus Torr.
slender flatsedge

Symbol:

CYBI6

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Cyperus rivularis

Douglas Ladd. 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 bipartitus Torr.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus bipartitus Torr.

	CYNIR	Cyperus niger Ruiz & Pav. var. rivularis (Kunth) V.E. Grant
	CYRI	Cyperus rivularis Kunth
	PYRI2	Pycreus rivularis (Kunth) Palla

Distribution:
Cyperus bipartitus Torr.


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus bipartitus Torr.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus bipartitus 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 bipartitus Torr. – slender flatsedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus bipartitus 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.

Washington:
shining flatsedge		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus bipartitus Torr.

Cyperus rivularis:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW+

FACW

FACW+

FACW

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus bipartitus Torr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 501914.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 03:43 AM MDT