| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyperaceae | Bulbostylis barbata | Old World Hairsedge, Watergrass | Sandy fields, other disturbed areas. | Native of the Old World tropics. | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Cyperaceae | Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris | Common Hairsedge | Thin soils on rock outcrops, especially granite domes and granite flatrocks (but also on mafic rocks, such as diabase), sandy soils, fields, bogs (in FL). | Maine to Minnesota, south to Panhandle Florida and Texas, and west to Arizona and California, also in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and s. Asia. | ![]() (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Cyperaceae | Bulbostylis ciliatifolia | Savanna Hairsedge | Moist to wet sands of savannas, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Se. Virginia south to s. Florida and west to s. Alabama; records from inland provinces are misidentifications. | ![]() (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Cyperaceae | Bulbostylis coarctata | Elliott's Hairsedge | Longleaf pine sandhills, usually associated with longleaf pine and wiregrass. | Se. Virginia south to s. Florida and west to e. and c. Texas, north in the interior to sw. Tennessee; Cuba. | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Cyperaceae | Bulbostylis hispidula | Waif on ore piles. | Native of Africa. | ||
| Cyperaceae | Bulbostylis juncoides | Rush Hairsedge | Prairies. | E. Texas west to Arizona, south to Mexico, Central America, and South America; West Indies. | ![]() (c) Keith, Eric - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Cyperaceae | Bulbostylis stenophylla | Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine savannas, Florida scrub, and disturbed sandy areas. | Se. North Carolina south to s. Florida, west to w. Florida; w. Cuba. | ![]() (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY | |
| Cyperaceae | Bulbostylis warei | Ware's Hairsedge | Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, dunes, Florida scrub. | Se. North Carolina south to s. Florida and west to s. Alabama. | ![]() (c) Ward, Scott G |






