1. CYPERACEAE
   [Tourn.] L. sp. Pl. 1062.  1753

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Family Cyperaceae    (Family Information, Photo Gallery and Map Gallery)  1 : 295
            Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              river bulrush
                  Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T.Strong
                  Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) A.Gray
                  Scirpus maritimus L. var. fluviatilis Torr.


            Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B.Clarke  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              hair sedge, thread-leaved beak-seed
                  Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B.Clarke subsp. capillaris
                  Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B.Clarke var. crebra Fernald
                  Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B.Clarke var. isopoda Fernald
                  Fimbristylis capillaris (L.) A.Gray
                  Isolepis brachyphylla (Link) Schult.
                  Isolepis capillaris (L.) Roem. & Schult.
                  Isolepis radiciflora Steud.
                  Scirpus brachyiphyllus Link
                  Scirpus capillaris L.
                  Scirpus muhlenbergii Spreng.
                  Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton


            Carex adusta Boott  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              brown oval sedge, lesser brown sedge
            Carex aggregata Mack.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              glomerate sedge
                  Carex agglomerata Mack.
                  Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. var. aggregata (Mack.) Gleason
            Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              oak sedge, white-tinge sedge
            Carex albursina E.Sheld.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              blunt-scaled wood sedge, white bear sedge
                  Carex laxiflora Lam. var. latifolia Boott
            Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. albicans  Plant found in Wisconsin +
              blunt-scaled oak sedge, dry woods sedge, oak sedge, white-tinge sedge
                  Carex artitecta Mack.
                  Carex artitecta Mack. var. subtilirostris F.J.Herm.
                  Carex emmonsii Dewey ex Torr. var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray) Rettig
                  Carex nigromarginata Schwein. var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray) Gleason
                  Carex varia Muhl., non Host
            Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) Rettig  Plant found in Wisconsin +
              Emmons' sedge, oak sedge, sharp-scaled oak sedge
                  Carex emmonsii Dewey ex Torr.
            Carex alopecoidea Tuck.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              brown-headed fox sedge, foxtail sedge
            Carex amphibola Steud.  Plant found in Wisconsin [Excluded in Wisconsin]
              eastern narrow-leaved sedge
                  Carex amphibola Steud. var. amphibola
            Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell  Plant found in Wisconsin
              yellow-headed fox sedge
                  Carex bicknelii Camus, 1910, non Britton 1896
            Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell var. annectens  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              yellow-headed fox sedge
                  Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell var. ambigua (Barratt ex Boott) Gleason
                  Carex brachyglossa Mack.
                  Carex setacea Dewey var. ambigua (Barratt ex Boott) Fernald
                  Carex vulpinoidea Michx. var. ambigua Barratt ex Boott
                  Carex xanthocarpa E.P.Bicknell var. annectens E.P.Bicknell
            Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell var. xanthocarpa (Kük.) Wiegand  Plant found in Wisconsin
              yellow-headed fox sedge
                  Carex xanthocarpa E.P.Bicknell
            Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              long-bracted tussock sedge, water sedge
            Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. aquatilis  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              long-bracted tussock sedge, water sedge
                  Carex acutinella Mack.
                  Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. subsp. altior (Rydb.) Hultén
                  Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. altior (Rydb.) Fernald
                  Carex interimus Maguire
                  Carex pachystoma T.Holm
                  Carex suksdorfii Kük.
                  Carex variabilis L.H.Bailey
            Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. substricta Kük.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              long-bracted tussock sedge, water sedge
                  Carex substricta (Kük.) Mack.
            Carex arcta Boott  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              bear sedge, northern clustered sedge
                  Carex canescens L. var. oregana L.H.Bailey
                  Carex canescens L. var. polystachya Boott
                  Carex heleonastes L.f. var. scabriuscula Kük.
                  Carex kunzei Olney
            Carex arctata Boott  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              drooping woodland sedge
                  Carex arctata Boott var. faxonii L.H.Bailey
            Carex assiniboinensis W.Boott Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Assiniboine sedge
            Carex atherodes Spreng.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              hairy-leaved lake sedge, slough sedge
            Carex atherodes Spreng. X C. trichocarpa Willd.  Plant found in Wisconsin +
            Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey subsp. atlantica [Excluded in Wisconsin]
              Atlantic star sedge, prickly bog sedge
                  Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey var. atlantica
                  Carex incomperta E.P.Bicknell
            Carex aurea Nutt.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              elk sedge, golden sedge, golden-fruited sedge
            Carex backii W.Boott  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Back's sedge, Rocky Mountain sedge
                  Carex durifolia L.H.Bailey
            Carex bebbii (L.H.Bailey) Olney ex Fernald  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Bebb's oval sedge, Bebb's sedge
                  Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. var. bebbii L.H.Bailey
            Carex bicknellii Britton  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Bicknell's oval sedge, Bicknell's sedge
                  Carex bicknellii Britton var. bicknellii
            Carex blanda Dewey  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              common wood sedge, eastern woodland sedge, wood sedge
                  Carex blanda Dewey var. blanda
                  Carex laxiflora Lam. var. blanda (Dewey) Boott
            Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              fescue sedge, plains oval sedge
                  Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd. var. brevior (Dewey) Fernald
                  Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr var. brevior Dewey
            Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willd.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              brome-like sedge
            Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willd. subsp. bromoides  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              brome-like sedge
                  Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willd. var. bromoides
            Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              brownish sedge, green bog sedge
            Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. subsp. brunnescens  Plant found in Wisconsin [Excluded in Wisconsin]
              brownish sedge, green bog sedge
            Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. subsp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              brownish sedge, green bog sedge
                  Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. var. gracilior Britton
                  Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. var. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kük.
                  Carex buckleyi Dewey
                  Carex canescens L. var. sphaerostachya Tuck.
                  Carex canescens L. var. vitilis (Fr.) J.Carey
                  Carex canescens L. var. vulgaris L.H.Bailey
                  Carex sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Dewey
            Carex bushii Mack.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Bush's sedge, long-scaled green sedge
                  Carex caroliniana Schwein. var. cuspidata (Dewey) Shinners
            Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Buxbaum's sedge
                  Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. f. heterostachya Andersson
                  Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. var. anticostensis Raymond
                  Carex holmiana Mack.
                  Carex polygama Schkuhr
            Carex canescens L.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              gray bog sedge, silvery sedge
            Carex canescens L. subsp. canescens  Plant found in Wisconsin
              gray bog sedge, silvery sedge
                  Carex canescens L. var. canescens
                  Carex canescens L. var. dubia auct.
                  Carex canescens L. var. robustina Macoun
                  Carex canescens L. var. robustior Blytt ex Andersson
                  Carex canescens L. var. subloliacea sensu Fernald, non Laest.
                  Carex subloliacea (Fernald) E.P.Bicknell
            Carex canescens L. subsp. disjuncta (Fernald) Toivonen  Plant found in Wisconsin
              gray bog sedge, silvery sedge
                  Carex canescens L. var. disjuncta Fernald
                  Carex disjuncta (Fernald) E.P.Bicknell
            Carex capillaris L.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              hair-like sedge
                  Carex capillaris L. subsp. chlorostachys (Stev.) A.Löve, D.Löve & Raymond
                  Carex capillaris L. var. elongata Olney ex Fernald
                  Carex capillaris L. var. major Blytt
                  Carex chlorostachys Stev.
                  Carex fuscidula V.I.Krecz. ex T.V.Egorova
            Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Carey's sedge, Carey's wood sedge
            Carex castanea Wahlenb.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              chestnut sedge, chestnut woodland sedge
                  Carex fexilis Rudge
            Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              oval-headed sedge, short-headed bracted sedge, wood-bank sedge
            Carex cephaloidea (Dewey) Dewey  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              clustered bracted sedge
                  Carex muricata L. var. cephaloidea Dewey
                  Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. var. cephaloidea (Dewey) J.Carey
            Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L.f.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              cord-root sedge, creeping sedge
            Carex communis L.H.Bailey  Plant found in Wisconsin
              Colonial oak sedge, fibrous-root sedge
            Carex comosa Boott   Plant found in Wisconsin* +
              bristly sedge
            Carex comosa Boott X C. hystericina Muhl. ex Willd.  Plant found in Wisconsin +
            Carex communis L.H.Bailey var. communis * +
              Colonial oak sedge, fibrous-root sedge
            Carex concinna R.Br.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              beautiful sedge, low northern sedge
            Carex conjuncta Boott  Plant found in Wisconsin [Excluded in Wisconsin]
              soft fox sedge
            Carex conoidea Willd.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              open-field sedge, prairie gray sedge
                  Carex katahdinensis Fernald
            Carex crawei Dewey  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Crawe's sedge, early fen sedge
            Carex crawfordii Fernald  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Crawford's oval sedge, Crawford's sedge
                  Carex crawfordii Fernald var. vigens Fernald
            Carex crinita Lam.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              fringed sedge
            Carex cristatella Britton  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              crested oval sedge, crested sedge
                  Carex cristatella Britton f. catelliformis (Farw.) Fernald
                  Carex cristata Schwein.
            Carex crinita Lam. var. crinita  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              fringed sedge
                  Carex crinita Lam. var. minor Boott
                  Carex crinita Lam. var. morbida J.Carey
                  Carex leonura Wahlenb.
            Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              crow-foot fox sedge, crow-spur sedge, raven's-foot sedge
                  Carex bayardii Fernald
                  Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze var. virginiana Fernald
            Carex cryptolepis Mack.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              northeastern sedge, small yellow sedge
                  Carex flava L. var. fertilis auct. non Peck
            Carex cumulata (L.H.Bailey) Mack.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              clustered sedge, crowded oval sedge
                  Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr var. cumulata L.H.Bailey
            Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              awned graceful sedge, Davis' sedge
            Carex debilis Michx.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              weak sedge, white-edge sedge
            Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei L.H.Bailey  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              northern weak sedge, weak sedge, white-edge sedge
                  Carex allegheniensis Mack.
                  Carex debilis Michx. var. intercursa Fernald
                  Carex debilis Michx. var. interjecta L.H.Bailey
                  Carex debilis Michx. var. puberua A.Gray
                  Carex debilis Michx. var. strictior L.H.Bailey
                  Carex flexuosa Muhl. ex Willd.
                  Carex tenuis Rudge
            Carex deflexa Hornem.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              northern oak sedge, northern sedge
            Carex deflexa Hornem. var. deflexa  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              northern oak sedge, northern sedge
                  Carex deflexa Hornem. var. deanei L.H.Bailey
            Carex deweyana Schwein.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              Dewey's sedge
            Carex deweyana Schwein. var. deweyana  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              Dewey's sedge
                  Carex deweyana Schwein. subsp. deweyana
            Carex diandra Schrank  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              bog panicled sedge, lesser panicled sedge
            Carex digitalis Willd.  Plant found in Wisconsin
              narrow-leaved wood sedge, slender woodland sedge
            Carex digitalis Willd. var. digitalis  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              narrow-leaved wood sedge, slender woodland sedge
                  Carex digitalis Willd. var. asymmetrica Fernald
            Carex disperma Dewey  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              soft-leaf sedge, two-seeded bog sedge
                  Carex tenella Schkuhr
            Carex eburnea Boott  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              bristle-leaf sedge
            Carex echinata Murray  Plant found in Wisconsin
              large-fruited star sedge, prickly sedge, star sedge
            Carex echinata Murray subsp. echinata  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              large-fruited star sedge, prickly sedge, star sedge
                  Carex angustior Mack.
                  Carex angustior Mack. var. gracilenta R.T.Clausen & Wahl
                  Carex cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) E.P.Bicknell
                  Carex echinata Murray var. angustata (J.Carey) L.H.Bailey
                  Carex echinata Murray var. echinata
                  Carex hawaiiensis H.St.John
                  Carex josselynii (Fernald) Mack. ex Pease
                  Carex leersii Willd.
                  Carex muricata L. var. angustata (J.Carey) J.Carey ex Gleason
                  Carex muricata L. var. cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) Wiegand & Eames
                  Carex ormantha (Fernald) Mack.
                  Carex phyllomanica W.Boott var. angustata (J.Carey) B.Boivin
                  Carex phyllomanica W.Boott var. ormantha (Fernald) B.Boivin
                  Carex svensonis Skottsb.
            Carex emoryi Dewey ex Torr.  Plant found in Wisconsin +
              Emory's sedge
                  Carex millegrana T.Holm
                  Carex stricta Lam. var. elongata (Boeck.) Gleason
                  Carex stricta Lam. var. emoryi (Dewey) L.H.Bailey
                  Caex variabilis L.H.Bailey var. elatior L.H.Bailey
                  Caex virginiana Woods var. elongata Boeck.
            Carex exilis Dewey  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              coast sedge, coastal sedge, coastal star sedge
            Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              fescue oval sedge, fescue sedge
            Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd. X C. tenera Dewey  Plant found in Wisconsin +
            Carex flava L. * +
              large yellow sedge, yellow sedge
                  Carex flava L. var. fertilis Peck
                  Carex flava L. var. flava
                  Carex flava L. var. gaspensis Fernald
                  Carex flava L. var. graminis L.H.Bailey
                  Carex flava L. var. laxior (Kük.) Gleason
                  Carex flava L. var. rectirostra Gaudin
                  Carex laxior (Kük.) Mack.
                  Carex nevadensis Boiss. & Reut. subsp. flavella (Krecz.) Janch.
            Carex foenea Willd.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              bronze-headed oval sedge
                  Carex aenea Fernald
                  Carex foenea Willd. var. foenea
            Carex folliculata L.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              long sedge, northern long sedge
            Carex formosa Dewey  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              awnless graceful sedge, handsome sedge
            Carex garberi Fernald  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              elk sedge, false golden sedge
                  Carex garberi Fernald subsp. bifaria (Fernald) Hultén
                  Carex garberi Fernald var. bifaria Fernald
            Carex gracilescens Steud.  Plant found in Wisconsin * +
              slender loose-flower sedge, slender sedge, slender wood sedge
                  Carex laxiflora Lam. var. gracillima Boott