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Your search found 193 taxa in the family Cyperaceae, Sedge family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
Common Name: Perennial Greenhead Sedge, Greenhead Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyperus brevifolius FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Kyllinga brevifolia FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus brevifolius 030-01-001 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Moist soils of fields, ditches, lawns
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Annual Greenhead Sedge, Low Spikesedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Moist soils of fields, ditches, lawns, shores of ponds and rivers, sand and gravel bars
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Crested Greenhead Sedge, Asian Spikesedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyperus metzii FAMILY: Cyperaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Kyllinga squamulata FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Low fields, ditches, marshes, especially where seasonally flooded
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Granite Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, rarely on diabase flatrocks of the Piedmont, Altamaha Grit glades of the Coastal Plain, and sandstone outcrops of the Cumberland Plateau
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Awned Flatsedge, Bearded Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyperus squarrosus var. squarrosus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cyperus squarrosus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Moist depressions and seepages on granitic and other rocks, drawdown riverbanks, swales, shores, coastal rock barrens, other 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Low fields, marshes, ditches, sandbars
Common in Coastal Plain, 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: (4/24/22) Cyperus 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
Habitat: Alluvial and other damp to wet soils
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
jointed flatsedge, Chintul
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Marshes, tidal and non-tidal
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Redroot Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, shores, mud flats
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purple Nutsedge, Nutgrass, Cocograss
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Habitat: Gardens, fields, disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Non-native
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Common Name:
Yellow Nutsedge, Yellow Nutgrass, Wild Chufa, Earth-almond
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, shores, other disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rice-field Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, disturbed wet areas, sandbars and gravelbars
Common (uncommon in SC Mountains, rare in NC Mountains)
Non-native: Old World
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Common Name:
Poorland Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Sandy fields, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Green Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Marshes and ditches
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in SC Piedmont (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: (4/14/23) Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cyperus strigosus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus strigosus 030-01-029 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, wet flatwoods, wet disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Many-flowered Flatsedge, Porter’s Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and fields
Common in NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rough Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Habitat: Dry sandy or rocky woodlands and fields
Common (uncommon in GA) (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Starburst Flatsedge, Plukenet’s Flatsedge, Plukenet’s Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Habitat: Longleaf pine 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Sandy woodlands, forests, fields, thin soils on outcrops, sand and gravel bars
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in Carolina Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pineland Flatsedge, Pine-barren Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and rock outcrops
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Baldwin's Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyperus croceus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
(?) INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cyperus croceus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus globulosus 030-01-036c FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southeastern Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Habitat: 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, Slender Nutsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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: Asiatic Greenhead Sedge, Pasture Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyperus brevifolioides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Kyllinga gracillima FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyperus brevifolioides 030-01-042X FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: River sand bars, tidal marshes, tidal shores, moist soils of pastures and ditches
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: east Asia, apparently
Common Name: Variable Flatsedge, Smallflower Umbrella Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyperus difformis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus difformis FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Old World tropics
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Common Name:
Deep-rooted Sedge, Woodrush Flatsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cyperus entrerianus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus entrerianus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Bottomland hardwood forests, coastal grasslands, marshes, vacant lots, disturbed areas
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: temperate South America
Common Name: Umbrella-plant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyperus involucratus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyperus involucratus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Cultivated and persistent, also naturalizing in disturbed areas
Waif(s)
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
Habitat: Streambanks, marshes, bogs, ditches
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
Habitat: Quiet waters of limesink (doline) ponds, natural lakes, borrow pits, ditches, artificial millponds
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
Habitat: Pools, marshes
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Blunt Spikerush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Ditches, marshes, disturbed wet areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Marshes, moist disturbed areas
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
Habitat: Maritime wet grasslands, ponds, swales, ditches
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Viviparous Spikerush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Coastal Plain ponds
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
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
Habitat: Bogs, pools, acid shores
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Whitetop Sedge, Giant Whitetop Sedge, White-bracted Sedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Wet pine savannas
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)
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
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, ditches, dune swales, calcareous glades, usually in places with some source of alkalinity (calcareous rocks, shell, brackish water)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Densetuft Hairsedge, Common Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Thin soils on rock outcrops, especially granite domes and granite flatrocks (but also on mafic rocks, such as diabase), sandy soils, fields, bogs (in FL)
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Savannah Hairsedge, Capillary Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Moist to wet sands of savannas, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Elliott's Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Sandhills, usually associated with longleaf pine and wiregrass
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ware's Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, dunes, Florida scrub
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sandy-field Hairsedge
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine savannas, Florida scrub, and disturbed sandy areas
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Old World Hairsedge, Water-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Sandy fields, other disturbed areas
Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (rare in Mountains & NC Piedmont)(uncommon elsewhere)
Non-native: Old World tropics
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Common Name:
Marsh Fimbry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: 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
Habitat: Brackish or alkaline sands of marsh edges and dune swales, less typically in pine savannas or pine flatwoods
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
Habitat: Drawdown zones of natural depression ponds or exposed banks of blackwater or brownwater rivers
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
ditch fimbry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fimbristylis schoenoides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fimbristylis schoenoides FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: 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: (4/24/22) Trichophorum cespitosum FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH 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
Habitat: Cliffs receiving fog/cloud deposition and seepage, mostly at high elevations, over amphibolite, granite, gneiss, or schist, notably at Grandfather Mountain, Roan Mountain, Mount LeConte, Whiteside Mountain, and Chimney Rock
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Keeled Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Habitat: 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
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Common Name: Olney Threesquare, chairmaker's bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Schoenoplectus americanus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Schoenoplectus americanus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus olneyi 030-08-006 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Tidal freshwater to brackish marshes
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Common Threesquare, Chairmaker's Rush, Swordgrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Tidal marshes, other marshes, inland salt marshes, rocky river beds, wet meadows, lake edges, moist fields
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Softstem Bulrush, Great Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Tidal marshes, freshwater marshes, sedge meadows, streambeds, riverbeds, floodplain pools, calcareous fens
Common in Coastal Plain & Carolina Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Saltmarsh Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bolboschoenus robustus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bolboschoenus robustus FAMILY: Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scirpus robustus 030-08-011 FAMILY: Cyperaceae
Habitat: Brackish marshes; inland in saline glades and marshes
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woodland Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Bogs, fens, marshes, streambeds
Common in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Black Bulrush, Dark-green Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Marshes, bogs, wet meadows
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in GA Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Marshes, wet areas, ditches
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Leafy Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Marshes, floodplain forests, mountain bogs, seeps, fens
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolgrass Bulrush, Marsh Bulrush, Woolly Bulrush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, beaver ponds, disturbed wet ground
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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