PLANTS Profile for Bulbostylis capillaris (densetuft hairsedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke
densetuft hairsedge

Symbol:

BUCA2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke

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Distribution:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 13 species in Bulbostylis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. antillana (Britton) T. Koyama. .

Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. antillana
densetuft hairsedge

Distribution of Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke ssp. capillaris. . Image Available.

Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris
densetuft hairsedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke

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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	Bulbostylis Kunth – hairsedge
Species	Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke – densetuft hairsedge

Introduced Information:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke

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

UPL,FAC

FACU

FAC

FACU+

FAC

FACU+

FACU

FAC*

FAC

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39361.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 04:38 PM CST