Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Cyperaceae | Fuirena breviseta | Short-bristled Umbrella-sedge | Carolina bays, pine savannas, ditches, other wet habitats. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. VA south to s. FL and west to e. TX, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain. | ![]() |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena bushii | Bush’s Umbrella-sedge | Wet acidic, sandy or peaty areas. | Mainly West Gulf Coastal Plain of w. LA, s. AR, west to se. OK and e. TX. | |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena coerulescens | Blue Umbrella-sedge | Chrome ore piles, a waif. | Native of ??. | ![]() |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena longa | Chapman's Umbrella-sedge | Pond margins. | Panhandle FL and sw. GA west to e. TX | |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena pumila | Dwarf Umbrella-sedge | Depression ponds, savannas, ditches, other wet habitats. | Primarily a species of the Southeastern Coastal Plain, ranging from se. MA south to s. FL and west to TX, and also disjunct in the lowlands around the Great Lakes (as in n. IN and s. MI). | ![]() |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena scirpoidea | Southern Umbrella-sedge | Natural lakes, pineland depression ponds, wet pine savannas, marshes. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. GA (Jones & Coile 1988; Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009) and FL, west to se. TX, also in Cuba and reported as a disjunct (or introduced?) in ne. NC and s. IL. Kral's (1978a) report of this species from ne. NC, where disjunct from the main body of the range in the deep South, needs further investigation. | ![]() |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena simplex var. aristulata | Western Umbrella-sedge | Moist open areas. | MO and NE south to w. KY, e. LA, and c. TX. | ![]() |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena simplex var. simplex | Creeping Western Umbrella-sedge | Calcareous seepage areas. | MO, KS, NM, and AZ south to TX and s. Mexico. | |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena squarrosa | Hairy Umbrella-sedge | Pine savannas, seepages, streamhead pocosins, ditches, bogs, rocky river bars, calcareous fens, other wet habitats. | MA (Cape Cod) and NY (Long Island) south to n. FL, west to c. TX, inland to w. NC, w. TN, KY, s. AR, and se. OK, mainly on the Coastal Plain, but less strictly limited to it than our other species. | ![]() |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena umbellata | Wet disturbed areas, marshes, canals, ditches. | Native of West Indies; Mexico, Central America, South America, and Old World tropics. | ![]() | |
Cyperaceae | Fuirena wallichiana | Waif on chrome ore piles. | Native of Asia. |