PLANTS Profile for Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris (densetuft hairsedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris
densetuft hairsedge

Symbol:

BUCAC

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris

Stenophyllus capillaris

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 319. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris

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Synonyms:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris

	BUCAC2	Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke var. crebra Fernald
	BUCAI	Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke var. isopoda Fernald
	FICA6	Fimbristylis capillaris (L.) A. Gray
	SCCA7	Scirpus capillaris L.
	STCA17	Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton

Distribution:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 13 species in Bulbostylis, 2 subspecies in Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke

Classification:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris

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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	Bulbostylis Kunth – hairsedge
Species	Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke – densetuft hairsedge
Subspecies	Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris – densetuft hairsedge

Introduced Information:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris

Bulbostylis capillaris:

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

UPL,FAC

FACU

FAC

FACU+

FAC

FACU+

FACU

FAC*

FAC

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 523708.

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

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 08:38 PM MDT