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.

Taxonomy
« Back To Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies Order Poales
- Bulrushes, Cattails, and Allies Family Typhaceae
  - 3 Bur-Reeds Genus Sparganium
  - 4 Cattails Genus Typha

narrow-leaved cattail ¹
Typha angustifolia

broadleaf cattail ²
Typha latifolia

Graceful Cattail ³
Typha laxmannii

hybrid cattail ⁴
Typha × glauca

Narrow-leaved Bur-reed ⁵
Sparganium angustifolium

unbranched bur-reed ⁶
Sparganium emersum

big bur-reed ⁷
Sparganium eurycarpum

Edited by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

1. (c) Nasser Halaweh, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nasser Halaweh
2. (c) Andreas Rockstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
3. (c) Václav Dvořák, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Václav Dvořák
4. (c) xizitro33, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by xizitro33
5. (c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
6. (c) Sergey Mayorov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sergey Mayorov
7. (c) Hilbert Buist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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

narrow-leaved cattail 1 Typha angustifolia

broadleaf cattail 2 Typha latifolia

Graceful Cattail 3 Typha laxmannii

hybrid cattail 4 Typha × glauca

Narrow-leaved Bur-reed 5 Sparganium angustifolium

unbranched bur-reed 6 Sparganium emersum

big bur-reed 7 Sparganium eurycarpum