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Plants #1 (Horsetails, Ferns, Monocots, Lycophytes) - rare Community BioBlitz 2017

A guide for on-the-go plant identification at rare's 2017 Community BioBlitz. Covers the following classes:

  • Equisetopsida (Horsetails)
  • Filicopsida (Ferns)
  • Liliopsida (Monocots)
  • Lycopodiopsida (Lycophytes, aka Fern Allies)
White Bear Sedge 1
Carex albursina
water sedge 2
Carex aquatilis
drooping woodland sedge 3
Carex arctata
wheat sedge 4
Carex atherodes
Back's sedge 5
Carex backii
Bebb's sedge
Carex bebbii
Eastern Woodland Sedge 6
Carex blanda
Brome-like Sedge 7
Carex bromoides
creeping sedge 8
Carex chordorrhiza
Longhair Sedge 9
Carex comosa
Fringed Sedge 10
Carex crinita
Crested Sedge 4
Carex cristatella
Dewey's sedge
Carex deweyana
Lesser Tussock Sedge 11
Carex diandra
slender woodland sedge 12
Carex digitalis
two-seeded sedge
Carex disperma
ebony sedge
Carex eburnea
straw sedge
Carex foenea
Handsome Sedge 6
Carex formosa
Blue Sedge 13
Carex glaucodea
Graceful Sedge 14
Carex gracillima
Meadow Sedge 15
Carex granularis
Inflated Narrow-leaved Sedge 16
Carex grisea
Hairy Sedge 3
Carex hirtifolia
Hitchcock's Sedge 5
Carex hitchcockiana
Bottlebrush Sedge 17
Carex hystericina
bladder sedge 10
Carex intumescens
James' Sedge 18
Carex jamesii
lake sedge 4
Carex lacustris
smooth-sheathed sedge
Carex laevivaginata
woolly-fruited sedge 8
Carex lasiocarpa
spreading sedge 3
Carex laxiculmis
loose-flowered sedge 19
Carex laxiflora
bristle-stalked sedge
Carex leptalea
nerveless woodland sedge 20
Carex leptonervia
livid sedge
Carex livida
False Hop Sedge 21
Carex lupuliformis
Hop Sedge 22
Carex lupulina
Greater Straw Sedge 15
Carex normalis
Peck's sedge 23
Carex peckii
long-stalked sedge 24
Carex pedunculata
Pennsylvania Sedge 24
Carex pensylvanica
plantainleaf sedge 25
Carex plantaginea
broad-leaved sedge 25
Carex platyphylla
necklace sedge 19
Carex projecta
Cyperus Sedge 26
Carex pseudocyperus
retrorse sedge 27
Carex retrorsa
Rosy Sedge 24
Carex rosea
Eastern rough sedge 28
Carex scabrata
Schweinitz's Sedge 20
Carex schweinitzii
Broom Sedge 3
Carex scoparia
bur reed sedge 29
Carex sparganioides
Carex spp. 30
Carex
Spongy Sedge 30
Carex stipata
Tussock Sedge 31
Carex stricta
Rigid Sedge 29
Carex tetanica
Carex tonsa var. rugosperma 32
Carex tonsa rugosperma
Broad-leaved Oval Sedge 14
Carex tribuloides
Hairy-fruit Sedge
Carex trichocarpa
Threeseeded Sedge 3
Carex trisperma
Tuckerman's sedge 24
Carex tuckermanii
Northwest Territory sedge 33
Carex utriculata
Fox Sedge 25
Carex vulpinoidea
Pretty Sedge
Carex woodii
Shining Flatsedge 29
Cyperus bipartitus
Yellow Nutsedge 34
Cyperus esculentus
Three-way Sedge 35
Dulichium arundinaceum
Needle Spikerush 36
Eleocharis acicularis
Matted Spikerush 37
Eleocharis intermedia
Tawny Cotton-grass 24
Eriophorum virginicum
Green Keeled Cotton-grass 38
Eriophorum viridicarinatum
Softstem Bulrush 2
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Dark Green Bulrush 39
Scirpus atrovirens
Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
Pale Bulrush
Scirpus pallidus

Edited by rarecrr, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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