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Maryland Checklist - Genus: Cyperus - all-time (Total: 37)
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Common Name
Genus
Species
Records  
Category
Family
Order
Class
Kingdom
1
Many-spiked Flatsedge
Cyperus
polystachyos
26
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
2
Poorland Flatsedge
Cyperus
compressus
31
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
3
Slender Sand Flatsedge
Cyperus
lupulinus
ssp.
macilentus
0
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
4
Reflexed Flatsedge
Cyperus
refractus
29
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
5
Toothed Flatsedge
Cyperus
dentatus
3
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
6
Pine Barren Flatsedge
Cyperus
retrorsus
56
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
7
Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus
echinatus
194
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
8
Bearded Flatsedge
Cyperus
squarrosus
38
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
9
Yellow Nutsedge
Cyperus
esculentus
var.
leptostachyus
211
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
10
Haspan Flatsedge
Cyperus
haspan
1
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
11
Yellow Flatsedge
Cyperus
flavescens
45
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
12
Taperleaf Flatsedge
Cyperus
acuminatus
3
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
13
Houghton's Flatsedge
Cyperus
houghtonii
11
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
14
Pasture Spikesedge
Cyperus
brevifolioides
97
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
15
Brown Flatsedge
Cyperus
fuscus
7
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
16
Ricefield Flatsedge
Cyperus
iria
170
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
17
Slender Flatsedge
Cyperus
bipartitus
42
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
18
Southeastern Flatsedge
Cyperus
filiculmis
2
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
19
Great Plains Flatsedge
Cyperus
lupulinus
ssp.
lupulinus
88
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
20
Baldwin's Flatsedge
Cyperus
croceus
8
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
21
Plukenet's Flatsedge
Cyperus
plukenetii
6
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
22
Umbrella Flatsedge
Cyperus
diandrus
2
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
23
Marsh Flatsedge
Cyperus
pseudovegetus
111
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
24
Redroot Flatsedge
Cyperus
erythrorhizos
50
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
25
Rough Flatsedge
Cyperus
retrofractus
24
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
26
Fern Flatsedge
Cyperus
filicinus
44
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
27
Nutgrass
Cyperus
rotundus
6
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
28
Gray's Flatsedge
Cyperus
grayi
15
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
29
Straw-colored Flatsedge
Cyperus
strigosus
399
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
30
Bristly Flatsedge
Cyperus
hystricinus
17
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
31
Smallflower Umbrella Sedge
Cyperus
difformis
37
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
32
Many-flowered Flatsedge
Cyperus
lancastriensis
51
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
33
Small-flowered Halfchaff Sedge
Cyperus
subsquarrosus
4
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
34
White-edge Flatsedge
Cyperus
flavicomus
14
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
35
Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus
odoratus
78
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
36
Low Spikesedge
Cyperus
hortensis
27
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
37
Asian Flatsedge
Cyperus
microiria
0
Sedge Family
Cyperaceae
Poales
Magnoliopsida
Plantae
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