Mammoth Cave Area Flora
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Grasses, rushes, and sedges


Species names are linked to individual pages. For a list of all plants and families in this flora, click here. 
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Grasses - Poaceae
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​Barnyard grass, rough - Echinochloa muricata

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​Bearded shorthusk - Brachyelytrum erectum

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​Big bluestem - Andropogon gerardii

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​Bottlebrush grass - Elymus hystrix

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​Canada brome - Bromus pubescens

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​Cane - Arundinaria gigantea

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​Deer-tongue grass - Dichanthelium clandestinum

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​Hairy joint grass - Arthraxon hispidus

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​Indian grass - Sorghastrum nutans

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​Johnson grass - Sorghum halepense

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​Plume grass - Saccharum sp.

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​Plumegrass - 
Miscanthus sinensis

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​Purple top - Tridens flavus

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​Stilt grass - Microstegium viminium

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​Timothy - Phleum pratense

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​Velvety panic grass - Dichanthelium scoparium

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​Wood oats - 
Chasmanthium latifolium

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Rushes - Juncaceae
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​​Soft rush - Juncus effusus

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Sedges - Cyperaceae
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​Flatsedge, globe - Cyperus echinatus

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​Flatsedge, straw-colored  -  
Cyperus strigosus

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​Long-bristle beak rush - 
Rhynchospora macrostachya

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Nutsedge, Yellow - ​(Cyperus esculentus)

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​Sedge - Carex grayi

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​Sedge - Carex plantaginea

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​Sedge, three-way  -  Dulichium arundinaceum

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​Wool-grass - 
Scirpus cyperinus

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