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Scientific Name

Common Name(s)

Family Name

Generic Family Description

FDA Rank1

FLEPPC Exotic2

Govt Exotic3

Sedges
Bulbostylis stenophylla

sandy-field hairsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Carex comosa

bearded sedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Carex longii

Long's sedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Carex lupulina

hop sedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Carex verrucosa

warty sedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cladium jamaicense

sawgrass, Jamaican sawgrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus croceus

Baldwin's flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus distinctus

marshland flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus haspan

sheathed flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus lanceolatus

epiphytic flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus ligularis

Alabama swamp flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus odoratus

rusty-flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus polystachyos

many-spiked flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus retrorsus

pine-barren flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus rotundus

purple flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus surianamensis

tropical flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Cyperus virens

green flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Eleocharis flavescens

yellow spikerush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Eleocharis geniculata

clustered spikerush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Eleocharis vivpara

viviparous spikerush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Fimbristylis autumnalis

slender fimbry

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Fuirena breviseta

umbrellagrass, saltmarsh umbrellasedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Fuirena scirpoidea

southern umbrellasedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Kyllinga brevifolia

short-leaf flatsedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Panicum anceps

beaked panicum

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Panicum hemitomon

maidencane

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Panicum hians

gaping panicum

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Panicum maximum

Guineagrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Panicum repens

torpedograss

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

I

N

Panicum rigidulum

redtop panicum

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Panicum virgatum

switchgrass, wand-shape panicum

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Paspalum conjugatum

sour crowngrass, sour paspalum

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Paspalum dissectum

mudbank paspalum, mudbank crowngrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Paspalum laeve

field paspalum, field crowngrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Paspalum notatum notatum

Bahiagrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Paspalum praecox

early paspalum, early crowngrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Paspalum repens

water paspalum, horsetail crowngrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Paspalum setaceum

thin paspalum, slender crowngrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Paspalum urvillei

vaseygrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhychelytrum repens

natalgrass, red natalgrass

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora cephalantha

bunched beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora chapmanii

Chapman's beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora colorata

white-tops, star rush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora corniculate

short-bristle horned beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora fasciclaris

fasciculate beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora grayi

Gray's beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora inundata

narrow-fruit horned beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora megalocarpa

sandy-field beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora microcarpa

southern beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora microcephala

small-head beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora miliacea

millet beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora plumosa

plumed beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Rhynchospora pusilla

small beaksedge

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Scirpus cyperinus

wool grass cotton-grass bulrush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Scleria ciliata

fringed nutrush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Scleria ciliata pauciflora

few-flowered nutrush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Scleria georgiana

slender-fruit nutrush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Scleria reticularis

netted nutrush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

Scleria triglomerata

tall nutgrass, whip nutrush

CYPERACEAE

Sedge

 

 

 

           
1 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Notes on Florida's Endangered and Threatened Plants - 3rd Ed.- 2000

E = endangered   T = threatened   CE = commercially exploited

2 Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - 1999

I = Category I, species that are invading and disrupting native plant communities

II = Category II, species that have shown a potential to disrupt native plant communities

3 Government Rank

P = prohibited by FL Dept Env. Protection

N = Noxious weed as listed by the FL Dept. of Agriculture

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