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Sedge Family
14 species
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Hystericina?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - also known as Porcupine Sedge - native to
North America
North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Lurida?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - also known as Sallow Sedge, Lurid Sedge -
native to eastern North America
native to eastern North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Schoenoplectus (also Scirpus)
Species: Pungens
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - similar to and possibly the same species as S.
americanus - triangular stem - native to North America
americanus - triangular stem - native to North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated February 7 2010
More Shallow Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Cristatella?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - native to eastern North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated January 24 2021
More Crested Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Muehlenbergii ?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - native to eastern North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated February 4 2016
More Three-square Bulrush
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Plantaginea
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - native to eastern North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated May 4 2014
More Plantainleaf Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Pensylvanica
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - native to eastern North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated December 27 2011
More Pennsylvania Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Cyperus
Species: Esculentus
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - also known as Tigernut or Chufa Sedge, Nut
Grass - similar to Rusty Flat Sedge (C. odoratus),
Red-rooted Flat Sedge (C. erythrorhizos), Straw-coloured
Flat Sedge (C. strigosus) - native to northern hemisphere
Grass - similar to Rusty Flat Sedge (C. odoratus),
Red-rooted Flat Sedge (C. erythrorhizos), Straw-coloured
Flat Sedge (C. strigosus) - native to northern hemisphere
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated December 3 2013
More Yellow Nutsedge
Plantainleaf Sedge - spike approx. 2 cm - leaves to 30 cm - height to 30 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2014
Pennsylvania Sedge - spike approx. 2 cm - leaves to 30 cm - height to 30 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2011
Yellow Nutsedge - spike to 7 cm - leaves to 45 cm - height to 60 cm - Leslie Spit - August 2008
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Cyperus (Flatsedge)
Species: Bipartitus?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Annual - C. bipartitus known as Slender or Shining
Flatsedge - native to North America
Flatsedge - native to North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated September 20 2015
More Cyperus Flatsedge
Flatsedge (Cyperus) - spike to 2 cm - leaves to 10 cm - height to 25 cm (sprawling or erect) - Humber Bay Park - September 2015
Species: Validus (also Tabernaemontani, Lacustris)
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - round stem - also known as Great Bulrush -
similar to Hardstem Bulrush (S. acutus) which has a stem
that is not as easily crushed - native to North America
similar to Hardstem Bulrush (S. acutus) which has a stem
that is not as easily crushed - native to North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated October 3 2015
More Softstem Bulrush
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Schoenoplectus (also Scirpus)
Species: Microcarpus (also Rubrotinctus)
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - also known as Panicled Bulrush, Small-fruited
Bulrush - bands of dark red on the leaf sheath - triangular
stem - native to North America
Bulrush - bands of dark red on the leaf sheath - triangular
stem - native to North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated September 26 2015
More Barberpole Bulrush
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Scirpus
Barberpole Bulrush - flower approx. 2 mm - umbel to 20 cm - leaves to 1 m - height to 1 m - Rouge Park (Twyn Rivers) - June 2015
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Cyperus
Species: Odoratus?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated September 27 2015
More Cyperus Sedge
Sedge (Cyperus) - spike to 7 cm - leaves to 45 cm - height to 60 cm - Rouge Park - September 2015
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Intumescens
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated January 18 2021
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Bladder Sedge - pistillate spikelet approx. 1.5 cm - staminate spikelet to 2.5 cm - leaves to 30 cm - height to 75 cm - Caledon Lake Forest - June 2017
Perennial - also known as Greater Bladder Sedge -
Perigynia generally do not point downward - native to
eastern North America
Perigynia generally do not point downward - native to
eastern North America
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Tuckermanii
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated January 20 2021
More Tuckerman's Sedge
Tuckerman's Sedge - pistillate spikelet to 5 cm - staminate spikelet to 5 cm - leaves to 75 cm - height to 1 m - Caledon Lake Forest - June 2017
Perennial - Perigynia point upward - native to eastern North
America
America
Crested? Sedge - flower tiny - spike to 5 cm - leaves to 40 cm - height to 75 cm - Lynde Shores Conservation Area (Whitby) - July 2009
Muhlenberg's? Sedge - spike to 4 cm - leaves to 30 cm - height to 75 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - July 2009
Bottlebrush? Sedge - pistillate spikelet to 4 cm - leaves to 25 cm - height to 1 m - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - July 2009
Shallow? Sedge - pistillate spikelet to 4 cm - leaves to 30 cm - height to 75 cm - Kortright Centre for Conservation - July 2009
Three-square Bulrush - spikelet approx. 1 cm - leaves 5 to 75 cm - height to 1.2 m - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - August 2009