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Sedge Family
9 species
Bottlebrush? Sedge - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - July 2009
Bottlebrush? Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Hystericina?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - also known as Porcupine Sedge - native to
Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Shallow? Sedge - Kortright Centre for Conservation - July 2009
Shallow? Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Lurida?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - also known as Sallow Sedge, Lurid Sedge -
possibly C. lupulina (Hop Sedge)?
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Green? Sedge - height to 1 m - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - August 2009
Green? Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Viridula?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Three-square Bulrush - height to 60 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - August 2009
Three-square Bulrush
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Schoenoplectus (formerly Scirpus?)
Species: Americanus?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - also known as Olney's Bulrush, American
Bulrush, Chairmaker's Rush - possibly S. pungens? -
native to Canada - triangular stem
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated Feb 7 2010
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Bur-reed? Sedge - height to 1 m - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - July 2009
Bur-reed? Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Sparganioides?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated Feb 7 2010
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Northern Cluster? Sedge - height to 80 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - July 2009
Northern Cluster? Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Arcta?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - possibly C. sparganioides (Bur-reed
Sedge)?, C. gravida (Heavy Sedge)?
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
? Sedge - spike approx 3 cm - Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek) - July 2009
? Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex?
Species: ?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
? Sedge - spike approx 2 cm - Leslie Spit - August 2009
? Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: ?
Species: ?
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Possibly Carex arcta, C. sparganioides, C. gravida
Updated Feb 9 2010
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Plantainleaf Sedge with Garlic Mustard - spike approx. 2 cm - leaves to 30 cm - height to 30 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2011
Plantainleaf Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Plantaginea
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - native to Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated May 5 2011
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Pennsylvania Sedge - spike approx. 2 cm - leaves to 30 cm - height to 30  cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2011
Pennsylvania Sedge
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Carex
Species: Pensylvanica
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - native to Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated Dec 27 2011
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