Sedges - Cyperaceae Family
This list is based off of the E-flora BC "Vascular Plant Collections List (Version Dec. 2010) for Vancouver Island". The source is cited throughout this website as [E-flora]
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| Carex albonigra | two-toned sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex anthoxanthea | yellow-flowered sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex aperta | Columbia sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex aquatilis | water sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex arcta | northern clustered sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex arctiformis | polar sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex atherodes | awned sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex athrostachya | slender-beaked sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex aurea | golden sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex bebbii | Bebb's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex brunnescens | brownish sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex buxbaumii | Buxbaum's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex canescens ssp. canescens | grey sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex circinata | coiled sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex concinnoides | northwestern sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex crawfordii | Crawford's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex cusickii | Cusick's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex deflexa | bent sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex deweyana | Dewey's Sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex diandra | lesser-panicled sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex disperma | soft-leaved sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex echinata | star sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex exsiccata | inflated sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex feta | green-sheathed sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex flava | yellow sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex garberi | Garber's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex gmelinii | Gmelin's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex hendersonii | Henderson's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex hoodii | Hood's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex illota | sheep sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex inops | long-stoloned sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex inops ssp. inops | long-stoloned sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex interior | inland sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex interrupta | green-fruited sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex laeviculmis | smooth-stemmed sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex lasiocarpa | slender sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex leptalea | bristle-stalked sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex limosa | shore sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex livida | pale sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex luzulina | woodrush sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex luzulina var. ablata | woodrush sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex macloviana | Falkland Island sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex macrocephala | large-headed sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex macrochaeta | large-awned sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex magellanica ssp. irrigua | poor sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex media | Scandinavian sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex mertensii | Merten`s sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex microptera | small-winged sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex nardina | spikenard sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex nigricans | black alpine sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex obnupta | slough sedge | Cyperaceae | Native | - |
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| Carex pachystachya | thick-headed sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex pallescens | pale meadow sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex pansa | sand-dune sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex pauciflora | few-flowered sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex pellita | woolly sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex petasata | pasture sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex phaeocephala | dunhead sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex pluriflora | many-flowered sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex praegracilis | field sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex praticola | meadow sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex preslii | Presl's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex retrorsa | long-bracted sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex rossii | Ross's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex rostrata | swollen beaked sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex saxatilis | russet sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex scirpoidea | single-spike sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex scoparia | pointed broom sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex siccata | hay sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex spectabilis | showy sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex stipata | Awl-fruited Sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex stipata var. stipata | awl-fruited sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex stylosa | long-styled sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex swanii | Swan's sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex sylvatica | European woodland sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex tenera | tender sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex tenuiflora | sparse-flowered sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex tumulicola | foothill sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex unilateralis | one-sided sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex utriculata | beaked sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex vesicaria | blister sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Carex viridula ssp. viridula | green sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Cyperus squarrosus | awned cyperus | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Dulichium arundinaceum | three-way sedge | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eleocharis acicularis | needle spike-rush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eleocharis elliptica | Slender spike-rush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eleocharis kamtschatica | Kamchatka spike-rush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eleocharis obtusa | blunt spike-rush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eleocharis palustris | common spike-rush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eleocharis parvula | small spike-rush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eleocharis quinqueflora | few-flowered spike-rush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eleocharis rostellata | beaked spike-rush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eriophorum angustifolium | narrow-leaved cotton-grass | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eriophorum chamissonis | Chamisso's cotton-grass | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eriophorum gracile | slender cotton-grass | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Eriophorum virginicum | tawny cotton-grass | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Isolepis cernua | low clubrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Isolepis setacea | bristle clubrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Rhynchospora alba | white beak-rush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Schoenoplectus acutus | hard-stemmed bulrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Schoenoplectus americanus | Olney's bulrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Schoenoplectus pungens | American bulrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus | American bulrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Schoenoplectus subterminalis | water clubrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | soft-stemmed bulrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Scirpus atrocinctus | wool-grass | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Scirpus microcarpus | small-flowered bulrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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| Trichophorum cespitosum | tufted clubrush | Cyperaceae | - | - |
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