PLANTS Profile for Fuirena simplex (western umbrella-sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Fuirena simplex Vahl
western umbrella-sedge

Symbol:

FUSI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Fuirena simplex Vahl

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Distribution:
Fuirena simplex Vahl


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USA (AR, AZ, IA, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NE, NM, OK, TX), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Fuirena simplex Vahl

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 9 species in Fuirena or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Fuirena simplex var. aristulata
western umbrella-sedge

Fuirena simplex var. simplex
western umbrella-sedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Fuirena simplex Vahl

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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	Fuirena Rottb. – umbrella-sedge
Species	Fuirena simplex Vahl – western umbrella-sedge

Wetland Indicator Status:
Fuirena simplex Vahl

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Fuirena simplex Vahl

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 40137.

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

Time Generated: 10/30/2008 04:16 AM MDT