This table lists all species profiled on PIER with the growth habit = "sedge". An alphabetical index to all PIER species is also available. It includes those of environmental concern (including those that are probably of threat only to islands with high elevations) as well as agricultural and ruderal weeds. Each species is linked by its scientific name to an individual write-up containing relevant information.
Species are listed in alphabetic order. You can browse this list or use the "find" function on your web browser to search by scientific name.
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| Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Present on
Pacific Islands? |
Primarily a threat at
high elevations? |
| Actinoscirpus grossus (Cyperaceae) | Schoenoplectus grossus (L. f.) Palla; Scirpus grossus L. f. | sedge | No | No |
| Carex longii (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Carex muskingumensis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | No | No | |
| Cyperus compressus (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Cyperus cyperinus (Cyperaceae) | Mariscus cyperinus (Retz.) Vahl | sedge | Yes | No |
| Cyperus cyperoides (Cyperaceae) | Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz.) J. Raynal | sedge | Yes | No |
| Cyperus difformis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Cyperus digitatus (Cyperaceae) | sedge | No | No | |
| Cyperus distans (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Cyperus esculentus (Cyperaceae) | sedge | No | No | |
| Cyperus gracilis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Cyperus haspan (Cyperaceae) | Cyperus halpan L. | sedge | Yes | No |
| Cyperus involucratus (Cyperaceae) | Cyperus flabelliformis Rottb.; Cyperus alternifolius L. subsp. flabelliformis Kük. | sedge | Yes | No |
| Cyperus iria (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Cyperus ligularis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Cyperus pilosus (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae) | Chlorocyperus rotundus (L.) Palla; Cyperus purpuro-variegatus Boeckeler; Cyperus stoloniferum pallidus Boeckeler; Cyperus tetrastachyos Desf.; Cyperus tuberosus Roxb | sedge | Yes | No |
| Cyperus sanguinolentus (Cyperaceae) | Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees | sedge | Yes | No |
| Eleocharis acicularis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Eleocharis dulcis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Eleocharis geniculata (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Fimbristylis aestivalis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Fimbristylis autumnalis (Cyperaceae) | Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link | sedge | Yes | No |
| Fimbristylis littoralis (Cyperaceae) | Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl, nom. rej. | sedge | Yes | No |
| Fimbristylis umbellaris (Cyperaceae) | Fimbristylis globulosa (Retz.) Kunth | sedge | No | No |
| Fuirena ciliaris (Cyperaceae) | Scirpus ciliaris L. | sedge | No | No |
| Fuirena umbellata (Cyperaceae) | Scirpus fuirena T. Koyama | sedge | Yes | No |
| Kyllinga brevifolia (Cyperaceae) | Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk. | sedge | Yes | No |
| Kyllinga melanosperma (Cyperaceae) | sedge | Yes | No | |
| Kyllinga nemoralis (Cyperaceae) | Cyperus kyllingia Endl.; Kyllinga cephalotes (Jacq.) Druce; Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. | sedge | Yes | No |
| Kyllinga polyphylla (Cyperaceae) | Cyperus aromaticus (Ridl.) Mattf. & Kukenth.; Kyllinga aromatica Ridley | sedge | Yes | No |
| Scleria sumatrensis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | No | No |