PLANTS Profile for Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis (Texan flatsedge)

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Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald
Texan flatsedge

Symbol:

CYPOT

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N

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Line Drawing of Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

Cyperus microdontus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 299. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

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Synonyms:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

	CYHO9	Cyperus holosericeus Link
	CYMI5	Cyperus microdontus Torr.
	CYPOL	Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. laxiflorus Benth.
	PYPOH	Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv. ssp. holosericeus (Link) T. Koyama

Distribution:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald


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Related Taxa:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus, 3 varieties in Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

Classification:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Cyperus L. – flatsedge
Species	Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. – manyspike flatsedge
Variety	Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald – Texan flatsedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Jersey:
Cyperus polystachyos
coast flat sedge		Endangered
New York:
coast flatsedge		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Cyperus polystachyos
many-spiked flatsedge		Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

Cyperus polystachyos:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW

FAC*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527644.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:29 AM CDT