PLANTS Profile for Cyperus retrorsus var. robustus (pine barren flatsedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.
pine barren flatsedge

Symbol:

CYRER

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.

CYGLR

Cyperus globulosus Aubl. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Shinners

Distribution:
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.


View Native Status

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USA (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus, 2 varieties in Cyperus retrorsus Chapm.

Classification:
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.

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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 retrorsus Chapm. – pine barren flatsedge
Variety	Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük. – pine barren flatsedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.

The related entities italicized 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 York:
Cyperus retrorsus
retrorse flatsedge		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Cyperus retrorsus
retrorse 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.

Cyperus retrorsus:

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

FACU+,FAC

FAC-

FACU+

FAC-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527647.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 04:20 PM CDT