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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Grasses, Sedges, and Allies

This guide contains grasses, sedges, and rushes that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

hardstem bulrush 1
Schoenoplectus acutus
American three-square bulrush 2
Schoenoplectus americanus
three-square bulrush 3
Schoenoplectus pungens
soft-stemmed bulrush 4
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
sea clubrush 5
Bolboschoenus maritimus
White Mountain Sedge 6
Carex geophila
Long-stolon Sedge 7
Carex inops
Sun Sedge 8
Carex inops heliophila
Ross's sedge 9
Carex rossii
Blackened Sedge 10
Carex atrosquama
water sedge 11
Carex aquatilis
Emory's sedge 12
Carex emoryi
Nebraska sedge 7
Carex nebrascensis
Golden Sedge 13
Carex aurea
bottlebrush sedge 14
Carex hystericina
Northwest Territory sedge 15
Carex utriculata
inflated sedge 5
Carex vesicaria
Crawe's sedge 16
Carex crawei
longbeak sedge 7
Carex sprengelii
Tall Bog-sedge 17
Carex magellanica
woolly sedge 18
Carex pellita
inland sedge 19
Carex interior
hoary sedge 20
Carex canescens
dry land sedge 21
Carex siccata
Douglas' sedge 7
Carex douglasii
spikeletrush sedge 22
Carex duriuscula
field sedge 23
Carex praegracilis
Analogue Sedge 24
Carex simulata
Awl-fruited Sedge 25
Carex stipata
long-bracted sedge 26
Carex athrostachya
Bebb's Sedge 27
Carex bebbii
Shortbeak Sedge 28
Carex brevior
Ebony Sedge 8
Carex ebenea
straw sedge 29
Carex foenea
Cloud Sedge 30
Carex haydeniana
small-winged sedge 11
Carex microptera
starry broomsedge 15
Carex pachystachya
fox sedge 31
Carex vulpinoidea
two-seeded sedge 21
Carex disperma
globe sedge 32
Carex perglobosa
threadleaf sedge 33
Carex filifolia
Grassyslope Sedge 6
Carex oreocharis
Geyer's sedge 7
Carex geyeri
Rocky Mountain Sedge 34
Carex saximontana
Short-point Flatsedge 35
Cyperus acuminatus
Shining Flatsedge 36
Cyperus bipartitus
redroot flatsedge 21
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Great Plains Flatsedge 37
Cyperus lupulinus
Fragrant flatsedge 38
Cyperus odoratus
Bearded Flatsedge 39
Cyperus squarrosus
Needle Spikerush 40
Eleocharis acicularis
Few-flower Spikerush 41
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Beaked Spikerush 42
Eleocharis rostellata
Common Spike-rush 43
Eleocharis palustris
Panicled Bulrush 7
Scirpus microcarpus
nodding bulrush 44
Scirpus pendulus
dark green bulrush 45
Scirpus atrovirens
Pale Bulrush 46
Scirpus pallidus
Common Cotton-grass 47
Eriophorum angustifolium

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