Cyperaceae

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Cyperaceae
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (river bulrush) is a Cyperaceae flowering plant that supports wildlife and stabilizes intertidal habitats.

Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla

Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla

Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla

Bolboschoenus maritimus is a halophytic Cyperaceae flowering plant found across much of the world's temperate and subtropical regions.

Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják

Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják

Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják

Bolboschoenus robustus is a North American coastal perennial herb that serves as wildlife food and has traditional Indigenous uses.

Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke

Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke

Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke

Bulbostylis barbata is an annual tufted flowering sedge native to Western Australia that produces brown flowers.

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

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

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

Bulbostylis capillaris is a small annual sedge native to the Americas, used to treat UTIs with no confirmed effectiveness.

Bulbostylis warei (Torr.) C.B.Clarke

Bulbostylis warei (Torr.) C.B.Clarke

Bulbostylis warei (Torr.) C.B.Clarke

Bulbostylis warei in Baldwin Co., Alabama, is rare in coastal deep white sands; specimens T. Wayne Barger 5017 (2019) and Gena Todia 5917 (2021) were collected from an undeveloped and a to - be - developed lot respectively.

Carex acuta L.

Carex acuta L.

Carex acuta L.

Carex acuta L. is a rhizomatous wetland sedge found across parts of the Palaearctic, with brown spike flowers in late spring to summer.

Carex acutiformis Ehrh.

Carex acutiformis Ehrh.

Carex acutiformis Ehrh.

Carex acutiformis Ehrh. is a rhizomatous tufted sedge native to northern and western Europe, found in moist habitats.

Carex alata Torr.

Carex alata Torr.

Carex alata Torr.

Carex alata Torr. is a perennial plant that flowers in spring and may go dormant in hot, dry summers.

Carex alba Scop.

Carex alba Scop.

Carex alba Scop.

Carex alba Scop. is a small sedge species that flowers and fruits in summer, growing in dry temperate wooded areas and slopes.

Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.

Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.

Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.

Carex albicans, whitetinge sedge, is a perennial flowering sedge native to eastern North American dry forests and woodlands.

Carex albursina E.Sheld.

Carex albursina E.Sheld.

Carex albursina E.Sheld.

Carex albursina is a wide-leaved sedge native to eastern North America that grows in moist woods.

Carex amphibola Steud.

Carex amphibola Steud.

Carex amphibola Steud.

Carex amphibola is a Cyperaceae flowering plant native to eastern North America that grows in mesic deciduous forests near streams.

Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell

Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell

Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell

Carex annectens is a sedge often confused with Carex vulpinoidea, distinguished by longer leaves, elongated perigynia, and longer spikes.

Carex appressa R.Br.

Carex appressa R.Br.

Carex appressa R.Br.

Carex appressa is a perennial tufted sedge that grows in wet areas and feeds Heteronympha cordace larvae.

Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

Carex aquatilis, water sedge, is a perennial circumboreal sedge often used for revegetating harvested peat areas.

Carex arctata Boott

Carex arctata Boott

Carex arctata Boott

Carex arctata Boott, or drooping woodland sedge, is a North American native sedge that grows in bogs and forests across eastern regions.

Carex arenaria L.

Carex arenaria L.

Carex arenaria L.

Carex arenaria L. (sand sedge) is a perennial sandy-habitat sedge that spreads via underground stolons.

Carex aurea Nutt.

Carex aurea Nutt.

Carex aurea Nutt.

Carex aurea Nutt. is a small sedge that has orange-ripening fruit sacs after flowering.

Carex aureolensis Steud.

Carex aureolensis Steud.

Carex aureolensis Steud.

Carex aureolensis Steud. is a tussock-forming perennial sedge native to temperate Americas.

Carex baccans Nees

Carex baccans Nees

Carex baccans Nees

Carex baccans, the crimson-seeded sedge, is a Cyperaceae flowering plant widespread in subtropical and tropical Asia.

Carex barbarae Dewey

Carex barbarae Dewey

Carex barbarae Dewey

Carex barbarae, Santa Barbara sedge, is a US West Coast sedge historically used by native groups for basketry and fiber.

Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

Carex bigelowii is a circumboreal arctic-alpine sedge that can colonize disturbed habitats and produce 200-year-viable seeds.

Carex blanda Dewey

Carex blanda Dewey

Carex blanda Dewey

Carex blanda is a common, aggressively spreading native sedge of eastern and central North America.

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