Cyperus echinatus

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Cyperus echinatus is a species of plant in the sedge family. It is native to much of the eastern United States, primarily in the lower Mississippi Valley and the lowland plain east of the southern Appalachians, with scattered populations in Florida and as far north as Wisconsin and the Adirondacks.[3] Additional isolated populations occur in southern Mexico.[2][4] It is found in a variety of sunny, often mesic habitats.[3][5]

Cyperus echinatus

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species:
C. echinatus
Binomial name
Cyperus echinatus
Synonyms[2]

Scirpus echinatus L.

1913 drawing
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

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References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ a b 77. Cyperus echinatus (Linnaeus) Alph. Wood, Flora of North America
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  5. ^ "Missouri Plants". Archived from the original on 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2017-01-23.