CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Blysmus compressus
Flat-sedge
Inflorescence (Click to open)
 		Species 7 images 1 ident. refs
Bolboschoenus laticarpus
a club-rush
Species 1 ident. refs
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Sea Club-rush
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images 1 ident. refs
Carex
sedges
(Click to open)
 		Genus 38 subtaxa 426 images 7 ident. refs
Cladium mariscus
Great Fen-sedge
(Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Cyperus
galingales
Inflorescence (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 13 images 1 ident. refs
Eleocharis
spike-rushes
Leaf (Click to open)
 		Genus 4 subtaxa 56 images 3 ident. refs
Eleogiton fluitans
Floating Club-rush
(Click to open)
 		Species 4 images 1 ident. refs
Eriophorum
cottongrasses, bog-cottons
(Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 67 images 2 ident. refs
Isolepis
a genus of flowering plants
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 36 images
Rhynchospora
a beak-sedges
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 28 images
Schoenoplectus
club-rushes
(Click to open)
 		Genus 4 subtaxa 25 images 3 ident. refs
Schoenus nigricans
Black Bog-rush
(Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Scirpoides holoschoenus
Round-headed Club-rush
(Click to open)
 		Species 1 images
Scirpus
a genus of flowering plants
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 12 images
Trichophorum
deergrasses
(Click to open)
 		Genus 4 subtaxa 35 images 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fitter, R., Fitter, A. & Farrer, A. 1984 Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Pocket Guide, 256pp, HarperCollins
Jermy A.C., Chater, A.O. & David, R.W. 1982 *** Sedges of the British Isles ***(Superseded) BSBI Handbooks, No 1, Second edition, 268pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
Jermy A.C., Simpson, D.A., Foley, M.J.Y. & Porter, M.S. 2007 Sedges of the British Isles BSBI Handbooks, No 1, Third edition, 554pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest
Phillips, R. 1980 Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland 191pp, Pan Books
Rose, F. 1989 Colour Identification Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and north-western Europe 240pp, Viking
() Stokoe, W.J. 1942 *** The Observer’s Book of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 7, 191pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Hampshire

Rand, M. Key to Sedges in Hampshire http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php

CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 931 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
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