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Cyperaceae

Contains 20 genera and 331 accepted taxa overall.

Classification:	Monocots
Common Name:	Sedge family
Specimen:	Search the Consortium of Tennessee-Kentucky Herbaria for specimens within this family

Genera

Genus	Common Name	Taxa Count
Bolboschoenus		1
Bulbostylis	HAIRSEDGE	3
Carex	SEDGE	196
Cladium	SWAMP SAWGRASS	1
Cyperus	FLATSEDGE	37
Dulichium	THREEWAY SEDGE	2
Eleocharis	SPIKERUSH	26
Eriophorum		1
Fimbristylis	FIMBRY	7
Fuirena	UMBRELLASEDGE	3
Isolepis	BULRUSH	1
Kyllinga	SPIKESEDGE	1
Lipocarpha	HALFCHAFF SEDGE	1
Rhynchospora	BEAKSEDGE	19
Schoenoplectiella		3
Schoenoplectus	NAKED-STEMMED BULRUSH	8
Scirpoides		1
Scirpus	BULRUSH	10
Scleria	NUTRUSH	10
Trichophorum		2

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

UNDER DEVELOPMENT - this was the previous location of the Distribution Map - see the new section below.

For more information, contact: Joey Shaw, PhD

© 2023 Tennessee-Kentucky Plant Atlas | Data last modified: 9/28/2023

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Citation Information:

Shaw, J., D. Estes, B. Ruhfel, A.B. Morris, and T.R. Littlefield. 2023 Tennessee-Kentucky Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), USF Water Institute. University of South Florida]. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Austin Peay State University, University of Michigan, Furman University, and Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission.