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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cyperus entrerianus   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus entrerianus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cyperus entrerianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Cyperus entrerianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cyperus entrerianus

 

COMMON NAME:
Deep-rooted Sedge, Woodrush Flatsedge


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image of Cyperus entrerianus, Deep-rooted Sedge, Woodrush Flatsedge

Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org     bug_1117064

Month Unknown        

Here seen competing with cogongrass.

image of Cyperus entrerianus, Deep-rooted Sedge, Woodrush Flatsedge

Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org     bug_1117097

Month Unknown        

Large more-or-less loose clumps, tenacious base deeply set in the substrate, per Cyperus entrerianus: A Little Known Aggressive Sedge in the Southeastern United States (Carter & Bryson, 1996).

image of Cyperus entrerianus, Deep-rooted Sedge, Woodrush Flatsedge

Richard Carter, Valdosta State University, Bugwood.org     bug_1451012

Month Unknown        

5-11 rays to 13cm long, each terminated by a dense ~ capitate spike, per Cyperus entrerianus: A Little Known Aggressive Sedge in the Southeastern United States (Carter & Bryson, 1996).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cyperus entrerianus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus entrerianus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus entrerianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus entrerianus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cyperus entrerianus

 

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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomland hardwood forests, coastal grasslands, marshes, vacant lots, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: temperate South America

Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple - lowermost reduced & scalelike, grading to 5dm long
Basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, stout (plants in clumps)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
1 stamen
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence is terminal

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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