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Cyperaceae

Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla, Salt-marsh bulrush, Cosmopolitan bulrush, Synonyms: Scirpus maritimus L. var. paludosus (A. Nelson) Kükenthal, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex albonigra Mack., Black-and-white sedge, Black-and-white scaled sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex aquatilis Wahlenb., Water sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex arapahoensis Clokey, Arapaho sedge, Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex atherodes Spreng., Awned sedge, Wheat sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex athrostachya Olney, Slenderbeak sedge, Slender-beak sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex atrosquama Mack., Dark-scaled sedge, Lesser blackscale sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex aurea Nutt., Golden sedge, Golden-fruit sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex backii Boott, Back's sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex bebbii (L.H.Bailey) Olney ex Fernald, Bebb's sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex bella L.H.Bailey, Beautiful sedge, Showy sedge, Southwestern showy sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack., Shortbeak sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir., Brownish sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb., Buxbaum's sedge, Brown bog sedge, Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex canescens L., Gray sedge, Silvery sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex capillaris L., Hair sedge, Hairlike sedge, Hair-like sedge, Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex chalciolepis T. Holm, Holm's sedge, Synonym: Carex atrata L. var. chalciolepis (T. Holm) Kük., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex crawei Dewey, Crawe's sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex deflexa Hornem. var. bootii L.H. Bailey, Boot's sedge, Synonym: Carex brevipes W. Boott, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex deweyana Schwein., Dewey sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex diandra Schrank, Lesser panicled sedge, Lesser tussock sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex disperma Dewey, Soft-leaved sedge, Softleaf sedge, Soft-leaf sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex douglasii Boott, Douglas' sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex duriuscula C.A.Mey., Needleleaf sedge, Synonym: Carex stenophylla Wahlenb., Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex ebenea Rydb., Ebony sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex echinata ssp. echinata Murray, Star sedge, Synonym: Carex angustior Mack., Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex egglestonii Mack., Eggleston's sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex elynoides Holm, Blackroot sedge, Black-root sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex emoryi Dewey, Emory's sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex engelmannii L.H.Bailey, Engelmann's sedge, Synonyms: Carex breweri Boott var. paddoensis (Suksd.) Cronquist, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex epapillosa Mack., Different-nerve sedge, Synonyms: Carex atrata L. ssp. epapillosa (Mack.) F.J. Herm., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex exsiccata L.H. Bailey, Western inflated sedge, Native, Grand Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex filifolia Nutt., Threadleaf sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr, Short-leaved sedge, Synonym: Carex misandra R. Br., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex geophila Mack., Ground-loving sedge, White Mountain sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex geyeri Boott, Geyer's sedge, Elk sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex hallii Olney, Deer sedge, Synonyms: Carex parryana Dewey ssp. hallii (Olney) D.F. Murray, Carex parryana Dewey var. hallii (Olney) Kükenthal, Carex parryana Dewey var. unica L.H. Bailey, C. elrodii M. E. Jones, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex haydeniana Olney, Hayden's sedge, Cloud sedge, Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex heteroneura W. Boott, Different-nerve sedge, Holm's sedge, Synonym: Carex atrata L. var. erecta W. Boott, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex hoodii Boott, Hood's sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd., Bottlebrush sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex illota L.H.Bailey, Sheep sedge, Smallhead sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex incurviformis Mack., Incurved sedge, Native, Grand Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex inops ssp. heliophila (Mack.) Crins, Sun sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex interior L.H.Bailey, Inland sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex jonesii L.H.Bailey, Jones' sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex lachenalii Schkuhr, Two-parted sedge, Two-tipped sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex lenticularis Michx. var. lipocarpa (T. Holm) L.A. Standl., Lens sedge, Kellogg's sedge, Native, Jackson Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex leptalea Wahlenb., Bristlestalked sedge, Bristly-stalk sedge, Bristlystalked sedge, Native, Rare, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex limosa L., Mud sedge, Native, Rare, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd., Livid sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex macloviana d'Urv., Brown sedge, Falkland island sedge, thickhead sedge, Synonym: Carex subfusca W. Boott, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex magellanica ssp. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Hultén, Little sedge, Boreal bog sedge, Synonym: Carex paupercula Michx., Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex microglochin Wahlenb., Small-tipped sedge, Few-seeded bog sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex micropoda C. A. Mey, Pyrenean sedge, Synonyms: Carex pyrenaica ssp. micropoda (C.A. Mey.) Hultén, Carex pyrenaica ssp. pyrenaica Wahlenb., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex microptera Mack., Small-winged sedge, Oval-head sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex misandra Schkuhr, Shortleaved sedge, Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex nardina Fries, Spikenard sedge, Spike sedge, Hepburn's sedge, Synonyms: Carex nardina Fr. ssp. hepburnii (Boott) Á. Löve & D. Löve & Kapoor, Carex nardina var. hepburnii (Boott) Kük., Carex hepburnii Boott, Native, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex nebrascensis Dewey, Nebraska sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex nelsonii Mack., Nelson's sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex neurophora Mack., Alpine nerve sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex nigricans C.A.Mey., Black alpine sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex norvegica Retz., Norway sedge, Scandinavian sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex nova L.H.Bailey, Black sedge, New sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex obtusata Lilj., Obtuse sedge, Blunt sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex occidentalis L.H.Bailey, Western sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex oreocharis Holm, Grassyslope sedge, Native, Rare, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex pachystachya Cham. ex Steud., Chamisso sedge, Thickhead sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex parryana Dewey, Parry's sedge, Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex paysonis Clokey, Payson's sedge, Not reported for Colorado in Flora North America but see Ackerfield (2015, p. 326), Native, Jackson Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex peckii Howe, Peck's sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex pellita Muhl. ex Willd., Woolly sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex pelocarpa F.J. Herm., Duskyseed sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex perglobosa Mack., Globe sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex petasata Dewey, Liddon sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex phaeocephala Piper, Dunhead sedge, Dunehead sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex pityophila Mack., Loving sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex praeceptorum Mack., Early sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex praegracilis W.Boott, Clustered field sedge, Slim sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex praticola Rydb., Meadow sedge, Northern meadow sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex raynoldsii Dewey, Raynolds' sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex rossii Boott, Ross' sedge, Ross's sedge, Short-stemmed sedge, Synonym: Carex brevipes W. Boott, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex rupestris All., Curly sedge, Drummond sedge, Synonyms: Carex rupestris ssp. drummondiana (Dewey) L.H. Bailey, Carex drummondiana Dewey, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex sartwellii Dewey, Sartwell's sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex saxatilis L., Rock Sedge, Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex saximontana Mack., Rocky Mountain sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex scirpoidea Michx., Northern single-spike sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex scoparia Willd., Broom sedge, Pointed broom sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex scopulorum Holm, Cliff sedge, Holm's Rocky Mountain sedge, mountain sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex siccata Dewey, Dry sedge, Dryspike sedge, Synonym: Carex foenea Willd., Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex simulata Mack., Analogue sedge, Shortbeak sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex sprengelii Dewey ex Spreng., Sprengel's sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex stenoptila F.J.Herm., Riverbank sedge, Not reported for Larimer county in Ackerfield (2015), Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex stevenii (T. Holm) Kalela, Steven's sedge, Norway sedge, Synonym: Carex norvegica ssp. stevenii (T. Holm) A.E. Murray, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd., Awlfruit sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex sychnocephala Carey, Manyhead sedge, Native, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex tahoensis Smiley, Tahoe sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex torreyi Tuck., Torrey's sedge, Native, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex utriculata Boott, Beaked sedge, Northwest Territory sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex vallicola Dewey, Valley sedge, Native, Jackson & Grand Cos., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex vernacula L.H.Bailey, Native sedge, Spring sedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex vesicaria L., Blister sedge, Inflated sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex viridula Michx., Green sedge, Little green sedge, Native, Jackson Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Carex vulpinoidea Michx., Fox sedge, Native, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Cyperus acuminatus Torr. & Hook. ex Torr., Tapertip flatsedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Cyperus bipartitus Torr., Slender flatsedge, Synonyms: Cyperus rivularis Kunth, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl., Redroot flatsedge, Introduced, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckeler, Fendler's flatsedge, Synonyms: Mariscus fendlerianus (Boeckeler) T. Koyama, Native, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Cyperus lupulinus (Spreng.) Marcks, Great Plains flatsedge, Synonyms: Mariscus filiculmis auct. non (Vahl) T. Koyama, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Cyperus schweinitzii Torr., Schweinitz's flatsedge, Synonyms: Mariscus schweinitzii (Torr.) T. Koyama, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Cyperus squarrosus L., Bearded flatsedge, Synonyms: Cyperus aristatus Rottb., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult., Needle spikerush, Needle spikesedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eleocharis compressa Sull., flatstem spikerush, Native, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eleocharis engelmannii Steud., Engelmann's spikerush, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult., Blunt spikerush, Native, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult., Common spikerush, Creeping spikerush, Creeping spike-rush, Marsh spike-rush, Spikesedge, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer, dwarf spikerush, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link, Fewflower spikerush, Few-flower spikerush, Few-flower spike-rush, Fewflowered spikesedge, Synonym: Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr., Beaked spikerush, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eriophorum angustifolium Honck., Tall cottongrass, Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. scabriusculum Honck., Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch, Slender cotton-grass, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Kobresia myosuroides (Vill.) Fiori, Bellardi bog sedge, Bellardi kobresia, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Kobresia sibirica (Turcz.) Boeckeler, Siberian bog sedge, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Kobresia simpliciuscula (Wahlenb.) Mack., simple bog sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Lipocarpha aristulata (Coville) G. Tucker, Awned halfchaff sedge, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Schoenoplectus acutus (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Á. Löve & D. Löve, hardstem bulrush, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller, Olney's three-square bulrush, Chairmaker's bulrush, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla, Common three-square bulrush, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C. Gmel.) Palla, Softstem bulrush, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

• Scirpus microcarpus J.Presl & C.Presl, Panicled bulrush, Red-tinge bulrush, Smallfruit bulrush, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald, Cloaked bulrush, Pale bulrush, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants