Cyperaceae
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Family: Cyperaceae
Group: Vascular Plant, Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Bolboschoenus maritimus | Bayonet-grass | No collections of this species in ARCTOS from the region. Hullten shows a single record from Juneau area and suggests the species is probably not native to the region. |
Carex albonigra | Black-and-white Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from nunataks on the Candian side but near the border. |
Carex anthoxanthea | Yellow-flowered Sedge | Fairly Common sedge of wet meadows and grassy areas. Collections in ARCTOS from across the region. |
Carex aquatilis | Sitka Sedge | Common rhizomatous sedge of wet areas. Collections in ARCTOS from across the region. |
Carex arcta | Northern Clustered Sedge | A single collection of an immature specimen from Ward Lake near Ketchikan is the only one mapped from the region in ARCTOS. FNA treatment does not include Alaska in the range of this species (though ARCTOS has several records from elsewhere in the state) |
Carex atherodes | Wheat Sedge | Not currently known from the region, but a collection from Flannigan Slough on the Taku River (shown on the e-Flora BC map) is close to the border. |
Carex athrostachya | Slenderbeak sedge | Tuft formed sedge with head-like aggregate of spikes A single 1917 unmapped collection from Juneau in ARCTOS. Hulten shows a second dot at Skagway. Possibly introduced at those locations and not currently established? |
Carex atratiformis | Black sedge | Tuft forming sedge with multiple stipitate spikes. A single collection mapped in ARCTOS from the upper part of Glacier Bay. Hulten has a record mapped near White Pass. |
Carex atrosquama | Black-scaled Sedge | No collections in ARCTOS from the region, but multiple collections just adjacent to the region (including north of Icy Bay, the Canadian side of the Juneau Icefield, and in White Pass) suggest this species may occur at the north/northeastern margins. |
Carex aurea | Golden Sedge | No collections in ARCTOS from the region. Hulten's map shows records from Glacier Bay and near Haines. |
Carex bebbii | Bebb's sedge | Tufted sedge with multiple spikes crowded into an oval head No collections in ARCTOS from the region. Hulten indicates a record from near the border east of Juneau (it's not clear which side of the border) |
Carex bicolor | Two-color Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS primarily from the northern mainland. Also a collection from roadside gravel of Sitkoh Bay on Chichagof Island. |
Carex bigelowii | Bigelow's Sedge | Included in Hall's 2010 treatment, there are no collections in ARCTOS mapped from the region (nor anywhere especially close). |
Carex brunnescens | Brownish Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS mostly mapped from between northern Lynn Canal and the Canadian border. Also a collection from Shakes Lake. FNA does not include Alaska in the range for this species. |
Carex buxbaumii | Buxbaum's Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from Southeast Chichagof Island and the far southern part of the region. |
Carex canescens | Silvery Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from across the region,though many more from the northern outer islands and northern mainland than other parts of the region. |
Carex capillaris | Hair-like Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from Coronation Island, west Chichagof Island, Glacier Bay, and near Yakutat. |
Carex chordorrhiza | Creeping Sedge | A single collection in ARCTOS from the Stikine River mouth labeled Carex cf. chordorrhiza |
Carex circinata | Coiled Sedge | Clusters of collections in ARCTOS spanning much of the region, though with significant gaps. |
Carex concinna | Low northern sedge | Loosely tufted sedge with hairy perigynia No collections from the region mapped in ACTOS. Hulten indicates a record from near Skagway. |
Carex crawfordii | Crawford sedge | tufted sedge A single collection in ARCTOS from near Hyder. Hulten indicates an isolated record from near White Pass. |
Carex diandra | Lesser Tussock Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from Glacier Bay, Admiralty Island, the Stikine River, and near Haines. |
Carex disperma | Soft-leaf Sedge | A few scattered collections in ARCTOS, mostly from the northern mainland, but also the Stikine River mouth, Chichagof Island, and Coronation Island. |
Carex echinata | Star Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS primarily in the southern 2/3 of the region. Also a collection from Yakutat. |
Carex filifolia | Thread leaf sedge | Densely tufted sedge with single androgynous spikes with hairy perigynia No collections in ARCTOS mapped from the region. Hulten indicates a record from Glacier Bay, but otherwise all collection are well to the continental side of the mountains. |
Carex flava | Yellow Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS spanning in the region, but none from the central part. |
Carex foenea | Bronze Sedge | Two collections mapped in ARCTOS from the region. One from the Juneau Icefield, the other from Glacier Bay. |
Carex fuliginosa | Short-leaf sedge | No collections mapped in ARCTOS from the region. Hulten indicates a record near White Pass (unclear which side of the border). E-flora BC has two collections adjacent to the region, both in alpine sites with limestone. |
Carex garberi | Elk Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from Glacier Bay and the Yakutat Forelands. Also one collection from limestone on northeast Chichagof Island. |
Carex glacialis | Glacier sedge | A handful of collections in ARCTOS from Glacier Bay, Chichagof Island, and Prince of Wales Island. All appear to be from locations with limestone. |
Carex glareosa | Clustered sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from the northern part of the region, mostly on the islands and northern gulf coast, but also from Skagway. |
Carex gmelinii | Gmelin's Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from across the region. |
Carex gynocrates | Northern bog sedge | Sedge with single spikes which may be female only, male only or androgynous Collections in ARCTOS from Etolin Island and Glacier Bay, both in limestone influenced locations. |
Carex hoodii | Hood's Sedge | Two collections in ARCTOS from the region - both in the northern mountains - one near the border between Haines and Glacier Bay, the other near the border between Icy Bay and Yakutat Bay. These records are well north of the central BC, which is the northern-most records in e-Flora BC maps other than these. FNA distribution map does not include Alaska in the range, though the text description does. |
Carex interior | Inland Sedge | Two collections in ARCTOS mapped from the region, one from Chichagof Island, the other from Prince of Wales. Appears similar to Star Sedge (Carex echinata), so may be overlooked? |
Carex krausei | Kraus' Sedge | Three collections in ARCTOS of this species, all from the 1960s in Glacier Bay. FNA indicates this species is similar to Hair-like Sedge (Carex capillaris). |
Carex lachenalii | Hare's Foot Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from the northern mainland (as far south as Juneau). |
Carex laeviculmis | Smooth-stem Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from across the region. |
Carex lasiocarpa | Slender Sedge | ARCTOS has a single 2004 collection from Admiralty Island - apparently the only record from the region. |
Carex lenticularis | Lakeshore Sedge | Common clump forming sedge of wet places, including road sides. Collections in ARCTOS from across the region. |
Carex leptalea | Bristle-stalk Sedge | A few scattered collection in ARCTOS from the far southern islands to the northern gulf coast. |
Carex limosa | Shore Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from Juneau and northeast Chichagof and north. |
Carex livida | Livid Sedge | Locally common muskeg sedge with distinctive pale blue-green leaves. Scattered clusters of collections from across the region in ARCTOS. |
Carex loliacea | Ryegrass Sedge | Two collections mapped in ARCTOS from the Coast Mountains north of Skagway. |
Carex lyngbyei | Lyngbye's Sedge | Common sedge of estuaries and upper beaches. Also found in other wet areas. Many collections in ARCTOS from across the region. |
Carex mackenziei | Mackenzie's Sedge | Two collections mapped in ARCTOS from the region, one from Chichagof Island, the other from north of Yakutat. e-Flora BC does not include this specie, though FNA treatment includes BC in the range. |
Carex macloviana | Thick-headed Sedge | A couple of collections in ARCTOS from outside of Haines and Skagway are included as this species. Hulten only included C. macloviana ssp. pachystachya. Muller probably followed this (but didn't indicate subspecies). See also Chamisso Sedge (Carex pachystachya). |
Carex macrocephala | Large-head Sedge | Rhizomatous sedge locally common near the high tide line on sandy beaches. A handful of collections in ARCTOS from the outer coast of Kruzof Island and the coastline near Yakutat. |
Carex macrochaeta | Long-awned Sedge | Common sedge with nodding spikes and distinctive long awns found in open areas. Many collections in ARCTOS from throughout the region. |
Carex magellanica | Boreal bog sedge | Two collections in ARCTOS from Wrangell Island and Revillagigedo Island. A third from near Tenakee has an herbarium sheet note indicating it is Carex macorchaeta rather than this species. |
Carex maritima | Curved Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from near Yakutat and Gustavus. |
Carex media | Alpine Sedge | Two collections mapped in ARCTOS - one from Takhin Ridge west of Haines, the other from north of Skagway. |
Carex membranacea | Fragile sedge | No collections in ARCTOS from the region. e-Flora BC map indicates records from just across the border in British Columbia outside of Haines and Skagway. |
Carex mertensii | Mertens' Sedge | Sedge with short cylindrical nodding spikes found along trails, forest openings and roadsides. Collections in ARCTOS from across the region. |
Carex microchaeta | Shortawned Sedge | A single collection in ARCTOS from a ridge above northern Lynn Canal. Many more records mapped in e-Flora BC from the BC side of the border. |
Carex microglochin | Few-seeded Bog Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS frrom Glacier Bay and near Yakutat. |
Carex micropoda | Pyrenean sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from across the region. |
Carex nardina | Spike Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS from mountains outside of Haines and mountains between Yakutat and Icy Bay. |
Carex nigricans | Alpine Black Sedge | Collections in ARCTOS mostly from the northern mainland, but also a cluster from the far southern mainland, as well as Baranof, Admiralty, and Prince of Wales Islands. |
Carex obnupta | Slough sedge | No collections in ARCTOS. e-Flora BC indicates records from Haida Gwaii, and also the Dundas Islands in BC, just south of the border with Southeast Alaska. |
Carex pachystachya | Chamisso Sedge | Similar looking to Carex preslii
Collections in ARCTOS from the northern mainland, and southern isands, and also near Hyder. See also Thick-headed Sedge (Carex macloviana) |
Carex pauciflora | Few-flowered Sedge | Common small sedge with few terminal reflexed perigynia found in muskegs Scattered collections from across the region in ARCTOS with some gaps. |
Carex phaeocephala | Dunhead Sedge | A handful of collections in ARCTOS from the mainland mountains. |
Carex pluriflora | Many-flowered Sedge | Common small sedge with distinctive dark bracts found in muskegs. Collections in ARCTOS from across the region (though some gaps). |
Carex podocarpa | Short stalk sedge | A handful of collections mapped in ARCTOS from the Haines/Skagway NE corner of the region. |
Carex praticola | Meadow sedge | No collections in ARCTOS from the region. e-Flora BC map indicates a collection from nunatak on BC side of the Juneau Icefield. Hulten also indicates records from the northeastern border of the region. |
Carex preslii | Presl's sedge | May be overlooked - very similar to Carex pachystachya No collections in ARCTOS from the region as this species. Hulten mapped an isolated record from Yakutat area. |
Carex rossii | Ross sedge | No collections from the region in ARCTOS. Hulten indicates a collection from near the border with Haines. |
Carex rostrata | Beaked Sedge | Three collections in ARCTOS from the northern mainland. |
Carex saxatilis | Rock Sedge | Scattered collections from across the region. |
Carex scirpoidea | Northern Single-spike Sedge | Collections scattered from across the region. |
Carex spectabilis | Showy Sedge | A small number of collections from between Haines/Skagway and the border with BC. |
Carex stipata | Sawbeak Sedge | A few collections scattered from across the region (though none from the northern gulf coast) |
Carex stylosa | Variegated Sedge | Abundance is unclear, but it seems like it's probably at least Uncommon. Collections from across the region other than the northern gulf coast and upper Lynn Canal. Most collections from the outer islands. |
Carex tenuiflora | Sparse-flowered Sedge | A single collection from White Pass, just on the Canadian side of the border. |
Carex utriculata | Northwest Territory Sedge | Collections from across the region. |
Carex viridula | Little Green Sedge | A handful of widely scattered collections spanning the region. |
Dulichium arundinaceum | Dulichium | Collections (1993, 2009, and 2013) from Neck Lake on northern Prince of Wales Island. Nearest other records appear to be from southern British Columbia. |
Eleocharis acicularis | Needle spikerush | Four collections widely scattered across the region, from Revillagigedo Island, Stikine River (Chief Shakes Hot Spring), Admiralty Island, and Yakutat Bay. |
Eleocharis kamtschatica | Kamchatka Spikerush | Collections primarily from the northern part of the region (northern Chichagof and Juneau north), with two from the Stikine River mouth. |
Eleocharis macrostachya | Pale Spike-rush | Collections from the Yakutat Forelands. This species is also known from coastal BC (including Haida Gwaii). |
Eleocharis mamillata | Soft-stem Spike-rush | Three collections from southern Southeast Alaska. This species has also been found to the west between Icy Bay and Prince William Sound. |
Eleocharis palustris | Common Spikerush | Collections primarily from the northern mainland, including Juneau, Gustavus, and the vicinity of Yakutat. Also from the area of the Stikine River mouth. Apparently no collections from major islands. FNA indicates this is the most common of a difficult complex that includes other species repored from the region - Kamchatka Spikerush (Eleocharis kamtschatica), Pale Spike-rush (Eleocharis macrostachya), Soft-stem Spike-rush (Eleocharis mamillata), and One-scale Spikerush (Eleocharis uniglumis) |
Eleocharis quinqueflora | Few-flowered Spikerush | Reported by Hall (2010) from Juneau, but no records in hebarium database from the region. There are coastal records north and south of the region. |
Eleocharis uniglumis | One-scale Spikerush | Two collection records from the region, one 1952 collection from Juneau (with annotations suggesting E. kamtschatica), and one 1995 collection from Skagway. FNA indicates this species is difficult to distinguish from Kamchatka Spikerush (Eleocharis kamtschatica) and sometimes Pale Spike-rush (Eleocharis macrostachya) |
Eriophorum angustifolium | Tall Cottongrass | Many collections from across the region. |
Eriophorum brachyantherum | Short-anthered cottongrass | No georeferenced collections from the region. The nearest records appear to be well on the continental side of the coast range. |
Eriophorum chamissonis | Russet Cottongrass | Many collections from across the region. |
Eriophorum gracile | Slender Cottongrass | No herbarium records from the region in PacNW herbarium consortium database. Hulten indicates an isolated record from Glacier Bay. |
Eriophorum scheuchzeri | White Cottongrass | Collections from the northern mainland. |
Eriophorum viridicarinatum | Green-keeled cottongrass | Two collections from the region, one from Gustavus, the other from Game Creek on Chichagof Island. |
Kobresia simpliciuscula | Simple bog sedge | A single collection from limestone at Freshwater Bay, Chichagof Island. |
Rhynchospora alba | White Beak-sedge | Collections primarily from the southern half of the region, but also a few scattered in the north. |
Schoenoplectus subterminalis | Swaying Rush | A handful of collections from the southern part of the region. The northernmost record is from Little Port Walter on Southern Baranof Island. Southeast Alaska appears to be where this species reaches its northern limit. |
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Softstem Bulrush | A few scattered collections, mostly from the southern half of the region, but one from northern Chichagof Island. |
Scirpus microcarpus | Small-flowered Bulrush | Collections from across the region (more concentrated in the southern half). |
Trichophorum alpinum | Alpine Bulrush | Observed at Gustavus [1]. Apparently no collections from the region. The nearest collections are from the interior side of coast range in Canada. |
Trichophorum cespitosum | Tufted Bulrush | Common clump forming sedge of most low to mid elevation muskegs. Collections from across the region. |