Grasses, sedges, and rushes native to Alabama wetlands

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Photograph of Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
Bushy bluestem

Slender Spikegrass
Chasmanthium laxum
Slender spikegrass
Cyperus compressus
Poorland flatsedge
Cyperus haspan
Sheathed flatsedge

Dichromena colorata
Starbrush whitetop sedge
 Jungle Rice
Echinochloa colona
Jungle rice
 Coast Cockspur
Echinochloa walteri
Coast cockspur

Eleocharis cellulosa
Gulf coast spikerush

Eleocharis equisetoides
Jointed spikesedge
Sugarcane Plumegrass
Erianthus giganteus
Sugarcane plumegrass
Fuirena squarrosa
Hairy umbrella-sedge


Juncus scirpoides
Needle-pod rush

Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Switchgrass		 Joint Paspalum
Paspalum distichum
Knotgrass		 Carolina Canary Grass
Phalaris caroliniana
Carolina Canary Grass
Rhynchospora corniculata
Shortbristle horned beaksedge

Rhynchospora fascicularis
Fascicled beaksedge

American Cupscale
Sacciolepis striata
American Cupscale


Sparganium americanum
American bur-reed 		Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
Eastern Gamagrass

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