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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Sedges
  7. Fuireneae
  8. Umbrella-sedges

genus

Umbrella-sedges

Fuirena

Traits
Includes
5 native 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Saltmarsh Umbrella-sedge native
  • Southern Umbrella-sedge native
  • Western Umbrella-sedge present
  • Yefen present
  • Hairy Umbrella-sedge native
  • Fuirena ciliaris present
  • Dwarf Umbrella-sedge native
  • Blue Umbrella-sedge
  • Bush's Umbrella-sedge native
  • Fuirena robusta
  • Chapman's Umbrella-sedge
  • Fuirena trilobites

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native umbrella-sedges All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Saltmarsh Umbrella-sedge Fuirena breviseta flowers 1
  • Southern Umbrella-sedge Fuirena scirpoidea
  • Hairy Umbrella-sedge Fuirena squarrosa
  • Dwarf Umbrella-sedge Fuirena pumila
  • Bush's Umbrella-sedge Fuirena bushii

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