Wetland and Aquatic Plants
of
Oklahoma
Interactive Keys: Emergent
Grasslike
Sedges (Cyperaceae)
6. Miscellaneous
Sedges
a. Threeway sedge (Dulichium sp.)
b. Finbry (Fimbristylis spp.)
i. Flowers with
two stigmas projecting from the
scale
ii.
c. Umbrella-sedge (Fuirnea spp.)
d. Spikesedge (Kyllingia spp.)
e. Halfchaff sedge (Lipocarpha spp.)
f. Nutrush (Scleria sp.)
Threeway sedge (Dulichium sp.)
Threeway
sedge (Dulichium arundinaceum
(L.) Britt.)
Native perennial.
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NWI
status: OBL
Finbry (Fimbristylis spp.)
Slender
fimbry (Fimbristylis
autumnalis (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes)
Native annual.
NWI
status: OBL
Vahl's fimbry (Fimbristylis
vahlii (Lam.) Link)
Native Annual.
NWI
status: OBL
Annual fimbry (Fimbristylis
annua (All.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes)
Native annual.
NWI
status: FACW
Umbrella-sedge (Fuirnea
spp.)
Western
umbrella-sedge (Fuirena
simplex Vahl )
Native perennial.
NWI
status: OBL
Hairy
umbrella-sedge (Fuirena
squarrosa Michx.)
Native perennial.
NWI
status: OBL
Spikesedge (Kyllingia
spp.)
Note:
these species are very similar in appearance. They
closely flat-sedges, indeed they were once
members of that genus (Cyperus).
Low spikesedge (Kyllinga
pumila Michx.)
Native annual.
NWI
status: FACW
Fragrant spikesedge (Kyllinga
odorata Vahl)
Native perennial.
NWI
status: FACW
Shortleaf spikesedge (Kyllinga
brevifolia Rottb.)
Native perennial.
NWI
status: FACW
Halfchaff sedge (Lipocarpha sp.)
Awned
halfchaff sedge (Lipocarpha
aristulata (Coville) G. Tucker)
Native annual.
NWI
status: FACW+
Nutrush (Scleria sp.)
Low nutrush (Scleria
verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.)
Native annual.
NWI
status: OBL
Last update: 2/24/04
Comments to : Bruce Hoagland
bhoagland@ou.edu
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