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Your search found 173 taxa in the family Cyperaceae, Sedge family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Annual Greenhead Sedge, Low Spikesedge
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Cyperus hortensis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Kyllinga pumila FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus tenuifolius 030-01-002 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in moist soils of fields, ditches, lawns, shores of ponds and rivers
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Whitehead Sedge, Fragrant Spikesedge
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Cyperus sesquiflorus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Kyllinga odorata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus sesquiflorus 030-01-003 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in moist soils of fields, ditches, lawns, shores of ponds and rivers, sand and gravel bars
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont; uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Crested Greenhead Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus metzii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Kyllinga squamulata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in lawns, turf farms, athletic fields, golf courses, other disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Asia
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Common Name: Yellow Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus flavescens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus flavescens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus flavescens 030-01-004 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in low fields, ditches, marshes, especially where seasonally flooded
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Granite Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus granitophilus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus granitophilus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus aristatus 030-01-011 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it on granitic flatrocks, rarely on diabase flatrocks and Altamaha Grit glades
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Awned Flatsedge, Bearded Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus squarrosus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus squarrosus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus aristatus 030-01-011? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in moist depressions and seepages on granitic and other rocks, drawdown riverbanks, moist disturbed sites
Uncommon in GA & SC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fragrant Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cyperus odoratus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus odoratus 030-01-013 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in low fields, marshes, ditches
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Slender Sand Flatsedge, Engelmann's Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus odoratus var. engelmannii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cyperus odoratus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus engelmannii 030-01-013? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in alluvial and other damp to wet soils
Uncommon
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
jointed flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus articulatus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus articulatus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus articulatus 030-01-015 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes, esp tidal
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Redroot Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus erythrorhizos FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus erythrorhizos FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus erythrorhizos 030-01-016 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes, ditches, shores, mud flats
Uncommon (common in NC-SC Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purple Nutsedge, Nutgrass, Cocograss
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus rotundus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus rotundus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus rotundus 030-01-018 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in gardens, fields, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont)
Non-native
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Common Name:
Yellow Nutsedge, Yellow Nutgrass, Wild Chufa, Earth-almond
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus esculentus 030-01-019 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in fields, on roadsides, shores, other disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rice-field Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus iria FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus iria FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus iria 030-01-020 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes, ditches, disturbed wet areas;
Common (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: Old World
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Common Name:
Poorland Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus compressus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus compressus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus compressus 030-01-022 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in sandy fields, disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Green Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus virens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cyperus virens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus virens 030-01-028 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes and ditches
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus strigosus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus strigosus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus strigosus 030-01-029 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes, ditches, wet flatwoods, wet disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Many-flowered Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus lancastriensis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus lancastriensis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus lancastriensis 030-01-031 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, forests, and fields
Common in Carolinas, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Rough Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus retrofractus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus retrofractus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus dipsaciformis 030-01-033 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Common (uncommon in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Starburst Flatsedge, Plukenet’s Flatsedge, Plukenet’s Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus plukenetii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus plukenetii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus plukenetii 030-01-034 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in sandhills, sandy woodlands, thin soils of rock outcrops, and dry, disturbed areas.
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Roundhead Flatsedge, Globe Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Cyperus echinatus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus echinatus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus ovularis 030-01-035 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in sandy woodlands, forests, fields, thin soils on outcrops, sand and gravel bars
Common in Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pineland Flatsedge, Pine-barren Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus retrorsus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus retrorsus var. retrorsus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus retrorsus var. retrorsus 030-01-036a FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, forests, and rock outcrops
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Baldwin's Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus croceus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cyperus croceus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus retrorsus var. robustus 030-01-036c FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in pine savannas, pine flatwoods, disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southeastern Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus filiculmis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cyperus lupulinus ssp. lupulinus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus filiculmis 030-01-040 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in longleaf pine sandhills, other sandy or rocky woodlands, forests, and fields
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Great Plains Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus lupulinus + FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus lupulinus + FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus filiculmis 030-01-040? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in dry sterile soils in fields and meadows
Common to rare, depending on variety
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Variable Flatsedge, Smallflower Umbrella Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus difformis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus difformis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Old World tropics
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Common Name:
Deep-rooted Sedge, Woodrush Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Cyperus entrerianus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus entrerianus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in bottomland hardwood forests, coastal grasslands, marshes, vacant lots, disturbed areas
Common in GA, rare in SC
Non-native: temperate South America
Common Name: Umbrella Plant
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus involucratus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus involucratus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Non-native: Africa
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Common Name:
Threeway Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Dulichium arundinaceum var. arundinaceum FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Dulichium arundinaceum FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dulichium arundinaceum 030-02-001 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it on streambanks, in marshes, bogs, ditches
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Horsetail Spikerush
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Eleocharis equisetoides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eleocharis equisetoides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eleocharis equisetoides 030-03-001 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in quiet waters of limesink (doline) ponds, natural lakes, borrow pits, ditches, artificial millponds
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Squarestem Spikerush
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Eleocharis quadrangulata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eleocharis quadrangulata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eleocharis quadrangulata 030-03-003 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in pools, marshes
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Blunt Spikerush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Eleocharis obtusa FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eleocharis obtusa FAMILY: Cyperaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eleocharis obtusa 030-03-005 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in ditches, marshes, disturbed wet areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Eleocharis geniculata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eleocharis geniculata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eleocharis caribaea 030-03-008 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name:
Sand Spikerush
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Eleocharis montevidensis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eleocharis montevidensis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eleocharis montevidensis 030-03-019 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in maritime wet grasslands, ponds, swales, ditches
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Viviparous Spikerush
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Eleocharis vivipara FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eleocharis vivipara FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eleocharis vivipara 030-03-020 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in Coastal Plain ponds
Uncommon in GA, rare in NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Baldwin's Spikerush, Slender Spikerush, Roadgrass, Hair Grass
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Eleocharis baldwinii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Eleocharis baldwinii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Eleocharis baldwinii 030-03-024 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in bogs, pools, acid shores
Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Whitetop Sedge, Giant Whitetop Sedge, White-bracted Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhynchospora latifolia FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhynchospora latifolia FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dichromena latifolia 030-04-001 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in wet savannas
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC-SC), endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Whitetop Sedge, White-bracted Sedge, Starrush Whitetop Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhynchospora colorata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhynchospora colorata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dichromena colorata 030-04-002 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in wet savannas, ditches, dune swales
Uncommon, primarily endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Densetuft Hairsedge, Common Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bulbostylis capillaris 030-06-001 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it on thin soils on rock outcrops, especially granite domes and granite flatrocks (but also on mafic rocks, such as diabase), sandy soils, fields, bogs
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Savannah Hairsedge, Capillary Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Bulbostylis ciliatifolia FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bulbostylis ciliatifolia 030-06-002 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in moist to wet sands of savannas, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Elliott's Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Bulbostylis coarctata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. coarctata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bulbostylis ciliatifolia 030-06-002? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in sandhills, usually associated with longleaf pine and wiregrass
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ware's Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Bulbostylis warei FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bulbostylis warei FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bulbostylis warei 030-06-003 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, dunes, Florida scrub
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC, rare in NC (if still there)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sandy-field Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Bulbostylis stenophylla FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bulbostylis stenophylla FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bulbostylis stenophylla 030-06-004 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in sandhills, dry savannas, Florida scrub, and disturbed sandy areas
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Old World Hairsedge, Water-grass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Bulbostylis barbata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bulbostylis barbata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bulbostylis barbata 030-06-005 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in sandy fields
Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (rare in Mtns & NC Piedmont)(uncommon elsewhere)
Non-native: Old World tropics
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Common Name:
Marsh Fimbry
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Fimbristylis castanea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fimbristylis castanea FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fimbristylis spadicea 030-07-002 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in brackish marshes and dune swales
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Fimbry
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Fimbristylis caroliniana FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fimbristylis caroliniana FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fimbristylis spadicea 030-07-002? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in brackish or alkaline sands of marsh edges and dune swales, less typically in savannas or pine flatwoods
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Harper's Fimbry
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Fimbristylis perpusilla FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fimbristylis perpusilla FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in drawdown zones of natural depression ponds or exposed banks of blackwater rivers
Rare in Coastal Plain (an endemic)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
ditch fimbry
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Fimbristylis schoenoides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fimbristylis schoenoides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in disturbed wetlands
Uncommon in GA, rare in NC
Non-native: Asia
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Common Name:
Deerhair Bulrush, Deergrass, Tufted Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Trichophorum cespitosum FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS National Database: Trichophorum cespitosum FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus cespitosus var. callosus 030-08-001 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it on cliffs receiving fog/cloud deposition and seepage, mostly at high elevations, over amphibolite, granite, gneiss, or schist, notably at Grandfather Mtn, Roan Mtn, Whiteside Mtn, and Chimney Rock
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Keeled Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Isolepis carinata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isolepis carinata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus koilolepis 030-08-002 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in moist soils adjacent to granitic flatrocks, seepage areas, ephemeral pools, moist sandy sites, low fields, ditches
Uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Common Threesquare, Chairmaker's Rush, Swordgrass
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus americanus 030-08-007 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in tidal marshes, other marshes, inland salt marshes, rocky river beds, wet meadows
Common (uncommon in GA, rare in NC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Softstem Bulrush, Great Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani FAMILY: Cyperaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus validus 030-08-009 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in tidal marshes, sedge meadows, streambeds, riverbeds, calcareous fens
Common (rare in GA Mountains & Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Saltmarsh Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Bolboschoenus robustus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Schoenoplectus robustus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus robustus 030-08-011 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in brackish marshes
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woodland Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Scirpus expansus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scirpus expansus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus expansus 030-08-012 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in bogs, fens, marshes, streambeds
Common in Carolinas, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Black Bulrush, Dark-green Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Scirpus atrovirens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scirpus atrovirens FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus atrovirens 030-08-013 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Scirpus georgianus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scirpus georgianus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus atrovirens 030-08-013? FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes, wet areas, ditches
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Leafy Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Scirpus polyphyllus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scirpus polyphyllus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus polyphyllus 030-08-014 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes, floodplain forests, mountain bogs, seeps, fens
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolgrass Bulrush, Marsh Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Scirpus cyperinus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scirpus cyperinus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus cyperinus 030-08-015 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes, ditches, beaver ponds, disturbed wet ground
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Giant Bulrush, Southern Bulrush, Tule, California Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Schoenoplectus californicus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Schoenoplectus californicus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in marshes
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Cuban Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cyperus blepharoleptos FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oxycaryum cubense FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in ponds and marshes, esp in floating vegetation mats
Rare
Non-native? New World tropics?
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Common Name: Roughseed Bulrush, Bog Bulrush, Ricefield Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Schoenoplectiella mucronata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Schoenoplectiella mucronata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Look for it in ponds, ditches, ricefields, disturbed wet ground
Non-native: Eurasia
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