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Monocots
Monocotyledonous Flowering Plants of Rice Creek Field Station
 

 

Alismataceae

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Alisma triviale Pursh. (Water-Plantain)

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Sagittaria latifolia Willd. (Duck-Potato)

Araceae

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Acorus americana (Raf.) Raf. (Sweet Flag)

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Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ex Schott&Endl. (Jack-in-the-Pulpit)

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Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott ex Schott & Endl. (Arrow-Arum)

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Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt. (Skunk-Cabbage)

Commelinaceae

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Tradescantia virginiana L. (Spiderwort)

Cyperaceae

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Carex albursina Sheldon  (White Bear Sedge)

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Carex appalachia J. M. Webber & P. Ball (Star-Shaped Sedge)

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Carex arctata Boot ex Hook. (Drooping Wood Sedge)

Carex bebbii (Bailey) Olney ex Fern. (Sedge)

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Carex blanda Dewey (Sedge)

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Carex bromoides Schkuhr.  (Bromelike Sedge)

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Carex communis Bailey  (Fibrous-Root Sedge)

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Carex comosa Boott (Bristly Sedge)

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Carex crinita Lam. (Fringed Sedge)

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Carex cristatella Britt. ex Britt. & Brown (Crested Sedge)

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Carex gracillima Schwein. (Graceful Sedge)

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Carex granularis Muhl. (Meadow Sedge)

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Carex laxiculmis Schwein  (Spreading Sedge)

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Carex laxiflora Lam (Loose-Flowered Sedge)

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Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. (Hop Sedge)

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Carex lurida Wahl. (Sallow Sedge)

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Carex normalis Mackz.  (Greater Straw Sedge)

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Carex pallescens L. (Pale Sedge)

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Carex pedunculata Muhl. (Long-Stalked Sedge)

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Carex plantaginea Lam. (Plantain-Leaved Sedge)

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Carex projecta Mackz  (Necklace Sedge)

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Carex retrorsa Schwein  (Retrorse Sedge)

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Carex rosea Schkuhr ex Willd. (Star-Shaped Sedge)

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Carex scoparia Schkuhr. (Broom-Like Sedge)

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Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. (Awl-Fruited Sedge)

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Carex swanii (Fern.) Mackz. (Small Downy Green Sedge)

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Carex tribuloides Wahl. (Blunt Broom Sedge)

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Carex vulpinoidea Michx. (Fox Sedge)

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Cyperus bipartitus Torr. (Cyperus)

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Cyperus esculentus L. (Nut Sedge)

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Cyperus strigosus L. (Cyperus)

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Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britt. (Three-Way Sedge)

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Eleocharis acicularis (L.) R. & S. (Slender Spikerush)

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Eleocharis obtusa  (Willd.) Schultes var. obtusa (Spikerush)

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Eleocharis palustris (L.) R.& S. (Creeping Spikerush)

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Scirpus atrovirens Willd. (Bulrush)

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Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth (Woolgrass)

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Scirpus pendulus Muhl. (Reddish Bulrush)

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Scirpus tabernaemontani Gmel. (Soft-Stem Bulrush)

Hydrocharitaceae

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Elodea canadensis L. Rich. ex Michx (Elodea)

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Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. (European Frog's-Bit)

Iridaceae

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Crocus maesiacus Ker. (Yellow Crocus)

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Crocus vernus Wulfen (Crocus)

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Iris germanica L. (Iris)

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Iris versicolor L. (Northern Blue-Flag)

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Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill. (Pointed Blue-Eyed Grass)

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Sisyrinchium montanum Greene. (Blue-Eyed Grass)

Juncaceae

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Juncus alpinoarticulatus Chaix in Vill. ssp. americanus (Farw.) Hamet-Ahti (Alpine Rush)

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Juncus brevicaudatus (Engelm.) Fern. (Narrow-Panicled Rush)

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Juncus bufonius L. (Toad Rush)

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Juncus dudleyi Wieg. (Dudley's Rush)

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Juncus effusus  L var. solutus Fern. & Wieg. (Smooth rush)

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Juncus nodosus L. (Knot-Rush)

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Juncus tenuis Willd. (Slender Yard-Rush)

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Luzula campestris  (L.) DC in Lam. & DC var. multiflora (Retz) Lej. (Common Woodrush)

Lemnaceae

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Lemna minor L. (Duckweed)

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Lemna trisulca L. (Star Duckweed)

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Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid. (Giant Duckweed)

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Wolffia borealis (Engelm.) Landolt (Watermeal)

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Wolffia columbiana Karst. (Watermeal)

Liliaceae

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Allium sativum L. (Garlic)

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Allium schoenoprasum L. (Chives)

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Allium tricoccum Aiton (Wild Leek)

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Allium tuberosum Rottler (Garlic Chives)

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Allium vineale L. (Field-Garlic)

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Convallaria majalis L. (Lily-of-the-Valley)

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Erythronium americanum Ker (Troutlily)

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Galanthus nivalis L. (Snowdrop)

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Hemerocallis fulva L. (Day Lily)

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Hemerocallis sp.  (Daylily hybrids)

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Leucojum aestivum L. (Snowflake)

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Lilium sp.  (Lily hybrids)

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Maianthemum canadense Desf. (Wild Lily-of-the-Valley)

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Maianthemum racemosum L. (False Solomon's-Seal)

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Muscari botryoides Mill. (Grape-Hyacinth)

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Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. (Daffodil)

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Narcissus x incomparabilis Mill. (Narcisus)

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Ornithogalum umbellatum L. (Star-of-Bethlehem)

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Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh (Solomon's-Seal)

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Trillium erectum L. (Purple Trillium)

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Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb. (White Trillium)

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Uvularia grandiflora Sm. (Large Flowered Bellwort)

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Uvularia sessilifolia L. (Wild Oats)

Orchidaceae

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Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz (Helleborine)

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Platanthera flava  (L.) Lindl. var. herbiola (R. Br.) Luer (Tubercled Orchid)

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Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G. Don (Ragged Fringed Orchid)

Poaceae

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Agrostis gigantea Roth. (Redtop)

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Agrostis stolonifera  L. var. stolonifera (Creeping Bent)

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Anthoxanthum odoratum L. (Sweet Vernal Grass)

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Arrhenatherum elatius (L) J. & C. Presl. (Tall Oat-Grass)

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Bromus commutatus Schrad. (Hairy Chess)

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Bromus inermis Leyss. (Smooth Brome)

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Cinna arundinacea L. (Stout Woodreed)

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Dactylis glomerata L. (Orchard Grass)

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Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. (Poverty Grass)

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Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Muhl. (Smooth Crabgrass)

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Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. (Barnyard Grass)

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Echinochloa muricata (Beauv.) Fern. (Barnyard Grass)

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Echinochloa walteri (Pursh.) Heller (Water-Millet)

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Elymus virginicus L. (Virginia Wild-Rye)

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Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski (Quack-Grass)

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Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Mosher (Stinkgrass)

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Eragrostis minor Host. (Low Lovegrass)

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Festuca rubra L. (Red Fescue)

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Festuca trachyphylla (Hackel) Krajina (Sheep Fescue)

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Glyceria grandis S. Wats. (Reed-Meadow Grass)

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Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard. (Slender-Manna Grass)

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Glyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc. (Fowl Mannagrass)

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Holcus lanatus L. (Velvet Grass)

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Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw. (Rice Cutgrass)

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Leersia virginica Willd. (Whitegrass)

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Lolium perenne L. (Perennial Rye Grass)

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Lolium pratense (Hudson) S. Darbyshire (Meadow Fescue)

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Muhlenbergia frondosa (Poir.) Gern. (Wirestem)

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Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. (Satin-Grass)

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Panicum capillare L. (Common Witchgrass)

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Panicum villosissimum Nash (Panic Grass)

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Phalaris arundinacea L. (Reed Canary-Grass)

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Phleum pratense L. (Common Timothy)

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Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.ex Steud. ssp. australis (Common Reed)

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Poa alsodes A. Gray (Woodland Bluegrass)

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Poa annua L. (Low Speargrass)

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Poa compressa L. (Canada Bluegrass)

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Poa pratensis L. (Kentucky Bluegrass)

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Poa saltuensis Fern. & Wieg. (Old-Pasture Bluegrass)

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Poa trivialis L. (Rough Meadowgrass)

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Setaria faberi Herm. (Giant Foxtail)

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Setaria pumila (Poir.) Schultes (Foxtail)

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Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. (Green Foxtail-Grass)

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Torreyochloa pallida (Torrey) Church (Pale Mannagrass)

Pontederiaceae

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Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) MacM. (Water Stargrass)

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Pontederia cordata L. (Pickerel-Weed)

Potamogetonaceae

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Potamogeton crispus L. (Curly Pondweed)

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Potamogeton epihydrus Raf. (Nuttall's Pondweed)

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Potamogeton foliosus Raf. (Pondweed)

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Potamogeton illinoensis Morong (Pondweed)

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Potamogeton pusillus L. (Pondweed)

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Potamogeton zosteriformis Fern. (Flat-Stem Pondweed)

Smilacaceae

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Smilax herbacea L.  (Carrion-Flower)

Sparganiaceae

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Sparganium americanum Nutt. (Bur-Reed)

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Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. ex A. Gray (Bur-Reed)

Typhaceae

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Typha angustifolia L. (Narrow-Leaf Cat-Tail)

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Typha latifolia L. (Broad-Leaf Cat-Tail)

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Typha x glauca Godr. (Cat-Tail)

 Last Updated: 12/18/07