PLANTS Profile for Cyperus flavescens (yellow flatsedge)

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Cyperus flavescens L.
yellow flatsedge

Symbol:

CYFL

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
CAN		N

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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 flavescens L.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus flavescens L.

	CYFLP	Cyperus flavescens L. var. poiformis (Pursh) Fernald
	CYNI5	Cyperus nieuwlandii Geise
	PYFL3	Pycreus flavescens (L.) Rchb.

Distribution:
Cyperus flavescens L.


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

Related Taxa:
Cyperus flavescens L.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus flavescens L.

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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 flavescens L. – yellow flatsedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus flavescens L.

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:
yellow flatsedge		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus flavescens L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus flavescens L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39891.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 06:54 AM MDT