Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Cyperaceae: Sedge

Grass-like plants with solid stems often triangular in cross section ("sedges have edges") and solid internodes. Leaves 3-ranked with usually closed sheaths and no ligules. Flowers tiny clustered in heads subtended by 1 bract (glume).
Flora of North America: Discussion, key to genera (opens new window)
Flower Formula: Sepals x; Petals 0	Glossary

Genus (Click for Taxon List)	WI Taxa (map link)	Genus Traits	Google Searches
Bolboschoenus bulrush	1		Images Information
Bulbostylis hair sedge	1	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Carex sedge	181	Seeds enclosed	Images Information
Cladium sawgrass	1	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Cyperus flat sedge, galingale, umbrella sedge	14	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Dulichium pond sedge, three-way sedge pond sedge, three-way sedge	1	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Eleocharis spike-rush	22	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Eriophorum bog-cotton, cotton-grass	7	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Fimbristylis fimbry, fringe-rush	4	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Fuirena umbrella-sedge	1	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Lipocarpha sedge	2	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Rhynchospora beak-rush	5	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Schoenoplectus bulrush	16	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Scirpus bulrush	13	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Scleria nut-rush, razor sedge, stone-rush	3	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information
Trichophorum bulrush	3	Seeds not enclosed	Images Information