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Plants of Hawaii
Cyperaceae
(Sedge family)
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Bolboschoenus maritimus
(kaluha)
Indigenous
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Carex alligata
(carex)
Endemic
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Carex buchananii
(fox red curly sedge, red rooster)
Cultivated
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Carex comans
(hair sedge)
Cultivated
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Carex hachijoensis
(evergold sedge)
Cultivated
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Carex longii
(carex)
Naturalized
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Carex macloviana subsp. subfusca
(carex)
Indigenous
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Carex meyenii
(carex sedge)
Indigenous
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Carex sp.
(carex)
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Carex wahuensis
(carex)
Endemic
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Cladium jamaicense
(uki, saw grass)
Indigenous
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Cyperus aggregatus
(inflatedscale flatsedge)
Naturalized
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Cyperus compressus
(cyperus)
Naturalized
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Cyperus cyperinus
(cyperus)
Indigenous
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Cyperus difformis
(cyperus)
Naturalized
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Cyperus gracilis
(McCoy grass)
Naturalized
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Cyperus haspan
(cyperus)
Naturalized
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Cyperus hillebrandii
(cyperus)
Endemic
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Cyperus hillebrandii subsp. decipiens
(cyperus)
Endemic
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Cyperus hillebrandii subsp. hillebrandii
(cyperus)
Endemic
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Cyperus hypochlorus var. hypochlorus
(ahuawa)
Endemic
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Cyperus involucratus
(umbrella sedge, ahuawa haole)
Naturalized
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Cyperus javanicus
(ahuawa)
Indigenous
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Cyperus laevigatus
(makaloa)
Indigenous
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Cyperus papyrus
(papyrus sedge)
Naturalized
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Cyperus pennatiformis var. bryanii
(cyperus)
Endemic
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Cyperus pennatiformis var. pennatiformis
(cyperus)
Endemic
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Cyperus phleoides
(cyperus)
Endemic
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Cyperus polystachyos
(pycreus)
Indigenous
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Cyperus rotundus
(purple nut sedge)
Naturalized
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Cyperus sp.
(sedge)
?
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Cyperus sphacelatus
(roadside flatsedge)
Naturalized
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Cyperus stoloniferus
(cyperus)
Naturalized
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Cyperus trachysanthos
(puukaa)
Endemic
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Eleocharis calva
(spikerush)
Indigenous?
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Eleocharis geniculata
(Canada spikesedge)
Naturalized
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Eleocharis obtusa
(blunt spikerush)
Indigenous
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Eleocharis radicans
(rooted spikerush, radical fiber optic spikerush)
Naturalized
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Eleocharis sp.
(spikerush)
Cultivated
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Fimbristylis cymosa
(mauu akiaki, button sedge)
Indigenous
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Fimbristylis dichotoma
(fimbristylis)
Indigenous
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Fimbristylis littoralis
(fimbry, grass-like fimbristylis, lesser fimbristylis)
Naturalized
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Gahnia beecheyi
(uki, forest sawsedge)
Endemic
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Kyllinga brevifolia
(green kyllinga)
Naturalized
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Kyllinga nemoralis
(white kyllinga)
Naturalized
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Machaerina angustifolia
(uki)
Indigenous
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Machaerina mariscoides subsp. meyenii
(uki)
Endemic
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Morelotia gahniiformis
(gahnia)
Endemic
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Oreobolus furcatus
(oreobolus)
Endemic
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Rhynchospora caduca
(anglestem beaksedge)
Naturalized
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Rhynchospora chinensis subsp. spiciformis
(spiked beaksedge)
Indigenous
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Rhynchospora sp.
(beaksedge)
?
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Schoenoplectus californicus
(California bulrush)
Naturalized?
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Schoenoplectus juncoides
(rock bulrush)
Naturalized
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Schoenoplectus sp.
(bulrush)
?
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Scleria testacea
(nutgrass)
Indigenous
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Uncinia uncinata
(hook sedge)
Indigenous
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Unknown cyperaceae
(unknown sedge)
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