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Cyperus squarrosus L.
bearded flatsedge

       
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Photo of Cyperus squarrosus L.
Cyperus aristatus

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Cyperus squarrosus L.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus squarrosus L.

  CYAR3 Cyperus aristatus Rottb.
  CYARR Cyperus aristatus Rottb. var. runyonii O'Neill
  CYIN9 Cyperus inflexus Muhl.
  CYSQR Cyperus squarrosus L. var. runyonii (O'Neill) S.D. Jones & Wipff
 

Distribution:
Cyperus squarrosus L.

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

Related Taxa:
Cyperus squarrosus L.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus
 

Classification:
Cyperus squarrosus 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 squarrosus L. – bearded flatsedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus squarrosus L.

This plant and synonyms 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.

Maine:
Cyperus aristatus
awned sedge              Possibly Extirpated
New Hampshire:
Cyperus aristatus
incurved umbrella-sedge              Threatened
Rhode Island:
awned umbrella-sedge              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus squarrosus L.

Cyperus aristatus:

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+ OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus squarrosus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501940.

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

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.

 
 
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