There are at least 615 species of Monocotyledon

Monocotyledon

Monocotyledons, also known as monocots, are one of two major groups of flowering plants that are traditionally recognized, the other being dicotyledons, or dicots. Monocot seedlings typically have one cotyledon , in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots...

s found in Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is a government agency in the executive branch state of Montana in the United States with responsibility for protecting sustainable fish, wildlife, and state-owned park resources in Montana for the purpose of providing recreational activities...

 has identified a number of monocot species as Species of Concern.

Monocotyledons, also known as monocots, are one of two major groups of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s (or angiosperms) that are traditionally recognized, the other being dicotyledon

Dicotyledon

The dicotyledons, also known as dicots, are a group of flowering plants whose seed typically has two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. There are around 199,350 species within this group...

s, or dicots. Monocot seedling

Seedling

thumb|Monocot and dicot seedlingsA seedling is a young plant sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed. Seedling development starts with germination of the seed. A typical young seedling consists of three main parts: the radicle , the hypocotyl , and the cotyledons...

s typically have one cotyledon

Cotyledon

A cotyledon , is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant. Upon germination, the cotyledon may become the embryonic first leaves of a seedling. The number of cotyledons present is one characteristic used by botanists to classify the flowering plants...

 (seed

Seed

A seed is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant...

-leaf), in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots. Monocots have been recognized at various taxonomic ranks, and under various names (see below). The APG II system

APG II system

The APG II system of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in April 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...

 recognises a clade

Clade

A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...

 called "monocots" but does not assign it to a taxonomic rank.
There are between 50,000 and 60,000 species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 within this group; according to IUCN there are 59,300 species. The largest family in this group (and in the flowering plants as a whole) by number of species are the orchids (family Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...

), with more than 20,000 species. In agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 the majority of the biomass produced comes from monocots. The true grasses, family Poaceae

Poaceae

The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...

 (Gramineae), are the most economically important family in this group. These include all the true grains

Cereal

Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...

 (rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, wheat

Wheat

Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

, maize

Maize

Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...

, etc.), the pasture grasses, sugar cane, and the bamboo

Bamboo

Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....

s. True grasses have evolved to become highly specialised for wind pollination. Grasses produce much smaller flowers, which are gathered in highly visible plumes (inflorescence

Inflorescence

An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...

s). Other economically important monocot families are the palm family (Arecaceae

Arecaceae

Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...

), banana family (Musaceae

Musaceae

Musaceae is a botanical name for a family of flowering plants. The family is native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. The plants have a large herbaceous growth habit with leaves with overlapping basal sheaths that form a pseudostem making some members appear to be woody trees.The family has been...

), ginger family (Zingiberaceae

Zingiberaceae

Zingiberaceae, or the Ginger family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, comprising ca. 52 genera and more than 1300 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.Many species are important...

) and the onion family Alliaceae

Alliaceae

Allioideae is the botanical name of a monocot subfamily of flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, order Asparagales. It was formerly treated as a separate family, Alliaceae...

, which includes such ubiquitously used vegetables as onions and garlic

Garlic

Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. Dating back over 6,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent...

.

Arrow-grass family

Order: Najadales

Najadales

Najadales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system , that used this name for an order in subclass Alismatidae with this circumscription:* order Najadales...

, Family: Juncaginaceae

Juncaginaceae

Juncaginaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, recognized by most taxonomists for the past few decades. It is also known as the Arrowgrass family....

 

• Common Bog Arrow-grass, Triglochin maritima
• Flowering Quillwort
  Lilaea (plant)
  Lilaea is a monotypic genus of aquatic plants containing the single species Lilaea scilloides, which is known by the common names flowering quillwort, awl-leaf lilaea, and simply lilaea...
  
  , Lilaea scilloides
• Slender Bog Arrow-grass
  Triglochin palustris
  Triglochin palustris or Marsh Arrowgrass is a variety of arrowgrass found in damp grassland usually on calcareous soils, fens and meadows. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It can be found locally in the British Isles especially the...
  
  , Triglochin palustris

Arum Family

Order: Arales

Arales

Arales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. The name was used in the Cronquist system for an order placed in subclass Arecidae, circumscribed as :* order Arales*: family Acoraceae*: family Araceae...

, Family: Araceae

Araceae

Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like bract. Also known as the Arum family, members are often colloquially...

 

• Yellow Skunk-cabbage
  Western Skunk Cabbage
  Western Skunk Cabbage , also called Yellow Skunk Cabbage or Swamp Lantern, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Pacific Northwest, where it is one of the few native species in the arum family. The plant is called Skunk Cabbage because of the...
  
  , Lysichiton americanus

Bur-reeds

Order: Typhales

Typhales

Typhales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. In the Cronquist system the name was used for an order placed in the subclass Commelinidae. The order consisted of :* order Typhales*: family Sparganiaceae...

, Family: Sparganiaceae

Sparganiaceae

Sparganiaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family was previously recognized by most taxonomists.The APG II system, of 2003 , also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots...

 

• Branching Bur-reed
  Sparganium
  Sparganium is a genus of flowering plants, containing about 20 species in temperate regions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It was previously placed alone in the family Sparganiaceae...
  
  , Sparganium androcladum
• Large Bur-reed
  Sparganium eurycarpum
  Sparganium eurycarpum is a species of bur-reed known by the common names giant bur-reed and broadfruit bur-reed. It is native to Eurasia and North America.-External links:***...
  
  , Sparganium eurycarpum
• Narrowleaf Bur-reed
  Sparganium angustifolium
  Sparganium angustifolium is a species of flowering plant in the cat-tail family known by the common name narrowleaf bur-reed. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It is an aquatic plant, growing in water up to 2.5 meters deep...
  
  , Sparganium angustifolium
• Small Bur-reed
  Sparganium natans
  Sparganium natans is a species of bur-reed known by the common name small bur-reed. It is a water plant native to high elevation lakes and marshes of Canada and the northern United States. It is usually found submersed in shallow, calm water. This bur-reed has thin, flexible, grasslike leaves which...
  
  , Sparganium natans

Cattails

Order: Typhales

Typhales

Typhales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. In the Cronquist system the name was used for an order placed in the subclass Commelinidae. The order consisted of :* order Typhales*: family Sparganiaceae...

, Family: Typhaceae

Typhaceae

Typhaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists.The APG II system, of 2003 , also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots...

 

• Broadleaf Cattail
  Typha latifolia
  Typha latifolia is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Typha. It is found as a native plant species in North and South America, Europe, Eurasia, and Africa...
  
  , Typha latifolia
• Narrow-leaved Cattail
  Typha angustifolia
  Typha angustifolia L., , is a perennial herbaceous plant of genus Typha. This cattail is an "obligate wetland" species that is commonly found in the northern hemisphere in brackish locations...
  
  , Typha angustifolia

Ditch-grass Family

Order: Najadales

Najadales

Najadales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system , that used this name for an order in subclass Alismatidae with this circumscription:* order Najadales...

, Family: Ruppiaceae

Ruppiaceae

Ruppia, also known as the ditch grasses, is the only genus in the family Ruppiaceae. Such a family has been recognized by relatively few taxonomists...

 

• Ditch-grass
  Ruppia maritima
  Ruppia maritima is a species of aquatic plant known by the common name wigeongrass. Despite its Latin name, it is not a marine plant; is perhaps best described as a salt-tolerant freshwater species.-Distribution:...
  
  , Ruppia maritima

Duckweeds

Order: Arales

Arales

Arales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. The name was used in the Cronquist system for an order placed in subclass Arecidae, circumscribed as :* order Arales*: family Acoraceae*: family Araceae...

, Family: Lemnaceae 

• Columbia Water-meal
  Wolffia columbiana
  Wolffia columbiana is a perennial aquatic plant in the Duckweed family . This plant is distributed widely throughout North, Central, and South America, and also occurs in Curaçao....
  
  , Wolffia columbiana
• Dotted Watermeal
  Wolffia borealis
  Wolffia borealis is a species of flowering plant known by the common name northern watermeal. It is native to North America including sections of Canada and the United States. It grows in mats on the surface of calm water bodies, such as ponds. It is a very tiny plant with no leaves, stems, or roots...
  
  , Wolffia borealis
• Duck-meal
  Spirodela polyrrhiza
  Spirodela polyrrhiza is a species of duckweed known by the common names greater duckweed, common duckmeat, and duckmeal. It can be found nearly worldwide in many types of freshwater habitat. It is a perennial aquatic plant usually growing in dense colonies, forming a mat on the water surface...
  
  , Spirodela polyrrhiza
• Lesser Duckweed
  Lemna minor
  Lemna minor is a species of Lemna with a subcosmopolitan distribution, native throughout most of Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, occurring everywhere that freshwater ponds and slow-moving streams occur, except for arctic and subarctic climates...
  
  , Lemna minor
• Pale Duckweed
  Lemna
  Lemna is a genus of free-floating aquatic plants from the duckweed family. These rapidly-growing plants have found uses as a model system for studies in community ecology, basic plant biology, in ecotoxicology, in production of biopharmaceuticals, and as a source of animal feeds for agriculture...
  
  , Lemna valdiviana
• Spotted Water-meal
  Wolffia brasiliensis
  Wolffia brasiliensis is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Brazilian watermeal. It is native to North and South America, where it grows in mats on the surface of calm water bodies, such as ponds. It is a very tiny plant with no leaves, stems, or roots...
  
  , Wolffia brasiliensis
• Star Duckweed
  Lemna
  Lemna is a genus of free-floating aquatic plants from the duckweed family. These rapidly-growing plants have found uses as a model system for studies in community ecology, basic plant biology, in ecotoxicology, in production of biopharmaceuticals, and as a source of animal feeds for agriculture...
  
  , Lemna trisulca
• Turion Duckweed
  Lemna
  Lemna is a genus of free-floating aquatic plants from the duckweed family. These rapidly-growing plants have found uses as a model system for studies in community ecology, basic plant biology, in ecotoxicology, in production of biopharmaceuticals, and as a source of animal feeds for agriculture...
  
  , Lemna turionifera

Flowering-rush Family

Order: Alismatales

Alismatales

Alismatales is an order of flowering plants including about 2500 species. Pleants assigned to this order are mostly tropical or aquatic.-Description:...

, Family: Butomaceae 

• Flowering-rush
  Butomus
  Butomus is the sole genus in the monogeneric plant family Butomaceae, containing the single species Butomus umbellatus, also known as flowering rush or grass rush.-Description:...
  
  , Butomus umbellatus

Grasses

Order: Cyperales

Cyperales

Cyperales is a name for an order of flowering plants. As used in the Engler system and in the Wettstein system it consisted of only the single family...

, Family: Poaceae

Poaceae

The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...

 

• Alaskan Oniongrass, Melica subulata
• Alkali Cordgrass, Spartina gracilis
• Alkali Muhly, Muhlenbergia asperifolia
• Alkali Sacaton, Sporobolus airoides
• Alpine Bluegrass, Poa alpina
• American Mannagrass, Glyceria grandis
• American Sloughgrass, Beckmannia syzigachne
• Annual Bluegrass, Poa annua
• Annual False Wheatgrass, Eremopyrum triticeum
• Annual Hairgrass, Deschampsia danthonioides
• Annual Muhly, Muhlenbergia minutissima
• Arctic Bluegrass, Poa arctica
• Awnless WildRye, Elymus submuticus
• Baffin Fescue, Festuca baffinensis
• Banff Loose-flowered Bluegrass, Poa laxa ssp. banffiana
• Barnyard Grass, Echinochloa crus-galli
• Basin Brome, Bromus polyanthus
• Beardless Oats, Trisetum wolfii
• Beardless WildRye, Elymus triticoides
• Bermudagrass, Cynodon dactylon
• Big Bluestem
  Big Bluestem
  Andropogon gerardii, known also as Big bluestem, Turkey foot, Prairie tallgrass, or simply Tallgrass, is a tall grass native to much of the Great Plains and Prairie regions of central North America- Description :...
  
  , Andropogon gerardii
• Blue Gramma, Bouteloua gracilis
• Blue WildRye, Elymus glaucus
• Blue-joint reedgrass, Calamagrostis canadensis
• Bluebunch Wheatgrass
  Bluebunch wheatgrass
  Pseudoroegneria spicata is a species of grass known by the common name Bluebunch Wheatgrass. This native western North American perennial bunchgrass is known by the scientific synonyms Elymus spicatus and Agropyron spicatum. The grass can be found from Alaska to Texas. It occurs in many types of...
  
  , Elymus spicatus
• Bog Bluegrass, Poa leptocoma
• Boreal Mannagrass, Glyceria borealis
• Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail, Elymus elymoides
• Bristly Bristle Grass, Setaria verticillata
• Bristly Dogtail Grass, Cynosurus echinatus
• Broad-glumed Brome, Bromus latiglumis
• Brome Fescue, Vulpia bromoides
• Brook Grass, Catabrosa aquatica
• Buffalo Grass, Buchloe dactyloides
• Bulbous Bluegrass, Poa bulbosa
• California Brome, Bromus carinatus
• California Oatgrass, Danthonia californica
• Canada Bluegrass, Poa compressa
• Canada WildRye, Elymus canadensis
• Cascade reedgrass, Calamagrostis tweedyi
• Cheatgrass, Bromus tectorum
• Chilean Brome, Bromus berterianus
• Colonial Bentgrass, Agrostis capillaris
• Columbia Needlegrass, Stipa nelsonii ssp. dorei
• Common Barley, Hordeum vulgare
• Common Canary Grass, Phalaris canariensis
• Common Hardgrass, Sclerochloa dura
• Common Reed, Phragmites australis
• Common Velvetgrass, Holcus lanatus
• Contracted Indian Ricegrass, Oryzopsis contracta
• Corn Brome, Bromus squarrosus
• Creeping Foxtail, Alopecurus arundinaceus
• Crested Dogtail Grass, Cynosurus cristatus
• Crested Wheatgrass, Agropyron cristatum
• Cultivated Oat, Avena sativa
• Cultivated Rye, Secale cereale
• Cultivated Wheat, Triticum aestivum
• Cusick's Bluegrass, Poa cusickii
• Darnel Ryegrass, Lolium temulentum
• Dense Pine reedgrass, Calamagrostis koelerioides
• Dense Silky Bentgrass, Apera interrupta
• Ditch reedgrass, Calamagrostis scopulorum
• Drooping Woodreed, Cinna latifolia
• Eastern Wild Rice, Zizania aquatica
• False Buffalograss, Monroa squarrosa
• Few-flowered Oatgrass, Danthonia unispicata
• Few-flowered Panic-grass, Dichanthelium oligosanthes
• Field Brome
  Field Brome
  Field Brome or Schrader's Brome, Bromus arvensis, is a grass native to Europe and Asia.It is an annual bunchgrass, growing to 50–110 cm tall with slender leaves 10–30 cm long and 0.5–1 cm broad. The flower spikelets are erect at first, later spreading to slightly drooping,...
  
  , Bromus arvensis
• Fowl Bluegrass, Poa palustris
• Fowl Mannagrass, Glyceria striata
• Fox-tail Timothy, Crypsis alopecuroides
• Foxtail Barley, Hordeum jubatum
• Foxtail Fescue, Vulpia myuros
• Foxtail Muhly, Muhlenbergia andina
• Fringed Brome, Bromus ciliatus
• Great Basin WildRye, Elymus cinereus
• Green Bristle Grass, Setaria viridis
• Green Needlegrass, Stipa viridula
• Hairy Brome
  Hairy Brome
  Hairy Brome is a species of plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.Unlike most other bromes, it grows in shady sites under trees....
  
  , Bromus commutatus
• Hairy Crabgrass, Digitaria sanguinalis
• Ice Grass, Phippsia algida
• Idaho Bentgrass, Agrostis idahoensis
• Idaho Fescue, Festuca idahoensis
• Indian Goosegrass, Eleusine indica
• Indian Ricegrass
  Indian ricegrass
  Oryzopsis hymenoides is a perennial cool-season bunchgrass. It is native to western North America east of the Cascades from British Columbia and Alberta south to southern California, northeastern Mexico, and Texas...
  
  , Oryzopsis hymenoides
• Indiangrass, Sorghastrum nutans
• Inland Bluegrass, Poa interior
• Intermediate Wheatgrass, Elymus hispidus
• Italian Foxtail, Setaria italica
• Italian Ryegrass, Lolium multiflorum
• Japanese Brome, Bromus japonicus
• Johnson Grass
  Johnson grass
  Sorghum halepense, commonly called Johnsongrass, is a plant in the grass family, Poaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, but growing throughout Europe and the Middle East. The plant has been introduced to all continents except Antarctica and most larger islands and archipelagos...
  
  , Sorghum halepense
• Jointed Goatgrass
  Aegilops cylindrica
  Aegilops cylindrica, also known as jointed goatgrass. is an annual grass seed that is part of the tribe Triticeae, along with wheat and some other cereals . It is not native to the United States, however it has become a serious issue as a weed since it was introduced in the late 19th century . Due...
  
  , Aegilops cylindrica
• Kentucky Bluegrass, Poa pratensis
• Leafy Bentgrass, Agrostis pallens
• Lemmon's Alkaligrass, Puccinellia lemmonii
• Lemmon's Needlegrass, Stipa lemmonii
• Letterman's Bluegrass, Poa lettermanii
• Letterman's Needlegrass, Stipa lettermanii
• Little Barley, Hordeum pusillum
• Little Bluestem
  Little bluestem
  Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a North American prairie grass. Little bluestem is a perennial bunchgrass and is prominent in tallgrass prairie, along with big bluestem , indiangrass and switchgrass...
  
  , Schizachyrium scoparium
• Little Lovegrass, Eragrostis minor
• Little Ricegrass, Oryzopsis exigua
• Littleseed Ricegrass, Oryzopsis micrantha
• Long-spine Sandbur, Cenchrus longispinus
• Marsh Muhly, Muhlenbergia racemosa
• Mat Muhly, Muhlenbergia richardsonis
• Meadow Barley, Hordeum brachyantherum
• Meadow Fescue, Festuca pratensis
• Meadow Foxtail
  Meadow Foxtail
  Alopecurus pratensis, known as the Meadow Foxtail or the Field Meadow Foxtail, is a perennial grass, belonging to the grass family . It is native to Europe and Asia....
  
  , Alopecurus geniculatus
• Meadow Foxtail
  Meadow Foxtail
  Alopecurus pratensis, known as the Meadow Foxtail or the Field Meadow Foxtail, is a perennial grass, belonging to the grass family . It is native to Europe and Asia....
  
  , Alopecurus pratensis
• Meadow Timothy, Phleum pratense
• Mediterranean or Sea Barley, Hordeum marinum
• Missoula County Oats, Trisetum x orthochaetum
• Montana Wheatgrass, Elymus albicans
• Mountain Bentgrass, Agrostis humilis
• Mountain Fescue, Festuca viridula
• Mountain Foxtail, Alopecurus alpinus
• Mountain Hairgrass, Deschampsia atropurpurea
• Mountain Muhly, Muhlenbergia montana
• Mountain Timothy, Phleum alpinum
• Mouse Barley, Hordeum murinum
• Mt. Washington Bluegrass, Poa laxa
• Muttongrass, Poa fendleriana
• Narrow False Oats, Trisetum spicatum
• Narrow-flower Bluegrass, Poa stenantha
• Narrow-flowered Brome, Bromus vulgaris
• Needle-and-Thread, Stipa comata
• Nelson's Needlegrass, Stipa nelsonii
• Nevada Needlegrass, Stipa nevadensis
• Nodding Bluegrass, Poa reflexa
• Nodding Fescue, Festuca subulata
• Nodding Trisetum, Trisetum canescens
• Northern Bentgrass, Agrostis borealis
• Northern Fescue, Festuca viviparoidea
• Northern Sweet Grass, Hierochloe hirta
• Northern WildRye, Elymus innovatus
• Nuttall's Alkali Grass, Puccinellia nuttalliana
• Oniongrass, Melica bulbosa
• Orchard Grass, Dactylis glomerata
• Oregon Bentgrass, Agrostis oregonensis
• Pale Manna Grass, Puccinellia pauciflora
• Panic Grass, Dichanthelium acuminatum
• Parry's Oatgrass, Danthonia parryi
• Patterson's Bluegrass, Poa abbreviata ssp. pattersonii
• Perennial Ryegrass, Lolium perenne
• Persian Ryegrass, Lolium persicum
• Pineforest Needlegrass, Stipa pinetorum
• Pinegrass, Calamagrostis rubescens
• Plains Muhly, Muhlenbergia cuspidata
• Plains reedgrass, Calamagrostis montanensis
• Plains Rough Fescue, Festuca hallii
• Porcupine Needlegrass, Stipa spartea
• Porter's Brome, Bromus porteri
• Poverty Oatgrass, Danthonia spicata
• Prairie Bluegrass, Poa arida
• Prairie Cordgrass, Spartina pectinata
• Prairie Dropseed
  Prairie dropseed
  Sporobolus heterolepis, the Prairie dropseed, is a species of prairie grass native to a widespread area of the US and Canada.-Description:Taking up to five years to mature from seed, the adult dropseed can range...
  
  , Sporobolus heterolepis
• Prairie Junegrass, Koeleria macrantha
• Prairie Sandreed, Calamovilfa longifolia
• Prairie Wedgegrass, Sphenopholis obtusata
• Proso Millet
  Proso millet
  Proso millet is also known as common millet, hog millet or white millet. Both the wild ancestor and the location of domestication of proso millet are unknown, but it first appears as a crop in both Transcaucasia and China about 7,000 years ago, suggesting that it may have been domesticated...
  
  , Panicum miliaceum
• Pullup Muhly, Muhlenbergia filiformis
• Pumpelly's Brome, Bromus inermis ssp. pumpellianus
• Purple Lovegrass, Eragrostis pectinacea
• Purple Oat, Schizachne purpurascens
• Purple reedgrass
  Purple Reedgrass
  Calamagrostis purpurascens, variously known by the common names Purple Reedgrass, Purple Pinegrass, or Alpine Reedgrass is a perennial grass, growing 30 to 70 cm tall.-Distribution:...
  
  , Calamagrostis purpurascens
• Purple Three-awn Grass, Aristida purpurea
• Quackgrass, Elymus repens
• Rabbit's-foot Grass, Polypogon monspeliensis
• Rattlesnake Brome, Bromus briziformis
• Red Fescue, Festuca rubra
• Redtop
  Agrostis stolonifera
  Agrostis stolonifera is a perennial grass species in the Poaceae family. It is stoloniferous and may form mats or tufts...
  
  , Agrostis stolonifera
• Reed canary grass
  Reed canary grass
  Reed canarygrass, Phalaris arundinacea, is a tall, perennial bunchgrass that commonly forms extensive single-species stands along the margins of lakes and streams and in wet open areas, with a wide distribution in Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America.-Description:The stems can reach 2.5...
  
  , Phalaris arundinacea
• Rice Cutgrass, Leersia oryzoides
• Richardson's Needlegrass, Stipa richardsonii
• Rocky Mountain Fescue, Festuca saximontana
• Rough Barnyard Grass, Echinochloa muricata
• Rough Bentgrass, Agrostis scabra
• Rough Bluegrass, Poa trivialis
• Rough Fescue
  Rough Fescue
  Rough Fescue, Festuca scabrella, is a native, perennial bunchgrass found throughout northwestern North America.-Distribution:Canada...
  
  , Festuca scabrella
• Roughleaf Ricegrass, Oryzopsis asperifolia
• Russian WildRye, Elymus junceus
• Rye Brome, Bromus secalinus
• Saltgrass, Distichlis spicata
• Sand Bluestem, Andropogon hallii
• Sand Dropseed, Sporobolus cryptandrus
• Sand WildRye, Elymus flavescens
• Sandberg Bluegrass, Poa secunda
• Scribner's Panic Grass, Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum
• Scribner's WildRye, Elymus scribneri
• Sheathed Dropseed, Sporobolus vaginiflorus
• Sheep Fescue, Festuca ovina
• Short-awn Foxtail, Alopecurus aequalis
• Short-leaved Bluegrass, Poa arnowiae
• Shortleaf Fescue, Festuca brachyphylla
• Showy Oniongrass, Melica spectabilis
• Side-oats Grama, Bouteloua curtipendula
• Six Weeks Gramma, Bouteloua barbata
• Six-weeks Fescue, Vulpia octoflora
• Slender Hairgrass, Deschampsia elongata
• Slender Oat, Avena barbata
• Slender Wedgegrass, Sphenopholis intermedia
• Slender Wheatgrass, Elymus trachycaulus
• Slimstem reedgrass, Calamagrostis stricta
• Small Dropseed, Sporobolus neglectus
• Small Six-weeks Fescue, Vulpia microstachys
• Smallflower Fescue, Festuca minutiflora
• Smith's Melicgrass, Melica smithii
• Smooth Brome, Bromus inermis
• Smooth Brome, Bromus inermis ssp. inermis
• Smooth Crabgrass, Digitaria ischaemum
• Soft Brome, Bromus hordeaceus
• Spike Bentgrass, Agrostis exarata
• Spike Fescue, Leucopoa kingii
• Spike Muhly, Muhlenbergia glomerata
• Spike-Oat, Helictotrichon hookeri
• Spiked Brome, Bromus racemosus
• Sprangletop, Leptochloa fusca
• Sprangletop, Scolochloa festucacea
• Spreading Alkali Grass, Puccinellia distans
• Stinkgrass, Eragrostis cilianensis
• Stout Wood Reed-grass, Cinna arundinacea
• Sweet Vernalgrass, Anthoxanthum odoratum
• Switchgrass
  Switchgrass
  Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico...
  
  , Panicum virgatum
• Tall Dropseed, Sporobolus compositus
• Tall Fescue, Festuca arundinacea
• Tall Mannagrass, Glyceria elata
• Tall Oatgrass, Arrhenatherum elatius
• Tall Trisetum, Trisetum cernuum
• Teal Lovegrass, Eragrostis hypnoides
• Thickspike Wheatgrass, Elymus lanceolatus
• Thurber's Bentgrass, Agrostis thurberiana
• Thurber's Needlegrass, Stipa thurberiana
• Timber Oatgrass, Danthonia intermedia
• Tufted Foxtail, Alopecurus carolinianus
• Tufted Hairgrass, Deschampsia cespitosa
• Tumble Grass, Schedonnardus paniculatus
• Variable Bentgrass, Agrostis variabilis
• Virginia WildRye, Elymus virginicus
• Western Fescue, Festuca occidentalis
• Western Needlegrass, Stipa occidentalis
• Western Porcupine Grass, Stipa curtiseta
• Western Wheatgrass
  Western Wheatgrass
  Pascopyrum is a monotypic genus of grass containing the sole species Pascopyrum smithii, which is known by the common name western wheatgrass. This is a sod-forming rhizomatous perennial grass which is native and common in North America. It grows in grassland and prairie in the Great Plains, where...
  
  , Elymus smithii
• Wheeler's Bluegrass, Poa wheeleri
• White Bluegrass, Poa glauca
• Wilcox's Panic Grass, Dichanthelium wilcoxianum
• Wild Oats
  Avena
  The oats are a genus of 10-15 species of true grasses . They are native to Europe, Asia and northwest Africa. One species is widely cultivated elsewhere, and several have become naturalized in many parts of the world...
  
  , Avena fatua
• Wirestem Muhly, Muhlenbergia mexicana
• Witch Panicgrass, Panicum capillare
• Yellow Bluestem, Bothriochloa ischaemum
• Yellow Foxtail, Setaria pumila

Greenbriars

Order: Liliales

Liliales

Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another...

, Family: Smilacaceae

Smilacaceae

Smilacaceae, the greenbrier family, is a family of flowering plants. Up to some decades ago the genera now included in family Smilacaceae were often assigned to a more broadly defined family Liliaceae, but for the past twenty to thirty years most botanists have accepted Smilacaceae as a distinct...

 

• Herbaceous Greenbrier
  Smilax
  Smilax is a genus of about 300-350 species, found in temperate zones, tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are found , while there are 20 in North America north of Mexico...
  
  , Smilax lasioneura

Horned Pondweeds

Order: Najadales

Najadales

Najadales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system , that used this name for an order in subclass Alismatidae with this circumscription:* order Najadales...

, Family: Zannichelliaceae 

• Horned Pondweed, Zannichellia palustris

Irises

Order: Liliales

Liliales

Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another...

, Family: Iridaceae

Iridaceae

The Iris family or Iridaceae is a family of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants included in the monocot order Asparagales, taking its name from the genus Iris. Almost worldwide in distribution and one of the most important families in horticulture, it includes more than 2000 species...

 

• Idaho Blue-eyed-grass
  Sisyrinchium idahoense
  Sisyrinchium idahoense, or Idaho blue-eyed grass, is a perennial that is native to the Western United States and Canada. It It is not a true grass, but is related to the Iris in the Iridaceae family.-Characteristics:...
  
  , Sisyrinchium idahoense
• Northern Blue-eyed-grass, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
• Strict Blue-eyed-grass
  Sisyrinchium montanum
  Sisyrinchium montanum, or strict blue-eyed grass, is a grass-like species of plants from the genus Sisyrinchium native to northern North America from Newfoundland west to easternmost Alaska, and south to Pennsylvania in the east, and to New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains.It is very similar to S...
  
  , Sisyrinchium montanum
• Western Blue Iris
  Iris missouriensis
  Iris missouriensis is a species of iris found in western North America. Its distribution is varied; it grows at high elevations in mountains and alpine meadows and all the way down to sea level in coastal hills. Its common names include western blue flag and Rocky Mountain iris...
  
  , Iris missouriensis
• Western Blue-eyed-grass
  Sisyrinchium halophilum
  Sisyrinchium halophilum is a species of flowering plant in the iris family known by the common name Nevada blue-eyed grass. It is native to the western United States in and around the Great Basin and Mojave Desert, where it grows in moist, often highly alkaline habitat, such as seeps, meadows, and...
  
  , Sisyrinchium halophilum
• Yellow Iris, Iris pseudacorus

Lillies

Order: Liliales

Liliales

Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another...

, Family: Liliaceae

Liliaceae

The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes...

 

• American False Hellebore, Veratrum viride
• Baker Mariposa Lily, Calochortus apiculatus
• Beargrass, Xerophyllum tenax
• Big-pod Mariposa Lily, Calochortus eurycarpus
• Brandegee's Onion, Allium brandegeei
• Bruneau Mariposa Lily, Calochortus bruneaunis
• California False-hellebore
  Veratrum californicum
  Veratrum californicum is a poisonous plant native to mountain meadows at 3500 to 11,000ft elevation in southwestern North America, the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, and as far north as Washington State. It grows 1 to 2 meters tall, with an erect, unbranched, heavily leafy stem resembling a...
  
  , Veratrum californicum
• Chives
  Chives
  Chives are the smallest species of the edible onions. A perennial plant, they are native to Europe, Asia and North America.. Allium schoenoprasum is the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World....
  
  , Allium schoenoprasum
• Chocolate Lily
  Fritillaria atropurpurea
  Fritillaria atropurpurea is a species of fritillary known by several common names, including spotted fritillary, purple fritillary, spotted mountainbells, and spotted missionbells.-Distribution:...
  
  , Fritillaria atropurpurea
• Clasping Twisted-stalk, Streptopus amplexifolius
• Columbia Lily, Lilium columbianum
• Columbia Onion, Allium columbianum
• Common Alpine-Lily, Lloydia serotina
• Common Camas, Camassia quamash
• Dwarf Onion, Allium simillimum
• Elegant Mariposa Lily, Calochortus elegans
• False Solomon's-seal, Smilacina racemosa
• Foothill DeathCamas, Zigadenus paniculatus
• Fringed Onion, Allium fibrillum
• Garden Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis
• Geyer's Bulbil Onion, Allium geyeri var. tenerum
• Geyer's Onion, Allium geyeri
• Glacier Lily, Erythronium grandiflorum
• Green-band Mariposa Lily, Calochortus macrocarpus
• Gunnison's Mariposa-Lily, Calochortus gunnisonii
• Hooker's Fairybells, Prosartes hookeri
• Large-flower Triteleia, Triteleia grandiflora
• Meadow Death Camas, Zigadenus venenosus
• Meadow Onion, Allium canadense
• Mountain Death Camas, Zigadenus elegans
• Mountain Star-Lily, Leucocrinum montanum
• Nodding Onion, Allium cernuum
• Nuttall's Mariposa Lily, Calochortus nuttallii
• Orange Daylily, Hemerocallis fulva
• Queencup BeadLily, Clintonia uniflora
• Rosy Twisted-stalk, Streptopus lanceolatus
• Rough-fruited Fairybells, Prosartes trachycarpa
• Short-stem Onion, Allium brevistylum
• Small Onion, Allium parvum
• Small Tofieldia, Tofieldia pusilla
• Starry False Solomon's-seal, Smilacina stellata
• Tapertip Onion, Allium acuminatum
• Three-leaf Solomon's-plume, Maianthemum trifolium
• Western False Asphodel, Triantha occidentalis
• Western Featherbells, Stenanthium occidentale
• Western Trillium. Trillium ovatum
• White Glacier Lily, Erythronium grandiflorum var. candidum
• White Wild Onion, Allium textile
• Wild Lily-of-the-valley, Maianthemum canadense
• Wood Lily, Lilium philadelphicum
• Yellowbells
  Fritillaria pudica
  Fritillaria pudica is a small, charming plant of sagebrush country in the western U.S and Canada. It is a member of the Lily family, or Liliaceae. Another name is "yellowbells", since it has a bell-shaped yellow flower...
  
  , Fritillaria pudica

Orchids

Order: Orchidales

Orchidales

Orchidales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. In taxonomical systems, this is a relatively recent name as early systems used descriptive botanical names for the order containing the orchids. The Bentham & Hooker and the Engler systems had the orchids in order Microspermae while...

, Family: Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...

 

• Alaska Rein Orchid, Piperia unalascensis
• Broad-leaved Twayblade, Listera convallarioides
• Clustered Lady's-slipper, Cypripedium fasciculatum
• Early Coralroot, Corallorhiza trifida
• Eastern Helleborine, Epipactis Helleborine
• Fairy Slipper, Calypso bulbosa
• Giant Helleborine, Epipactis gigantea
• Giant Rattlesnake-plantain, Goodyera oblongifolia
• Heartleaf Twayblade, Listera cordata
• Hillside Rein Orchid, Piperia elegans
• Hooded Ladies'-tresses, Spiranthes romanzoffiana
• Huron Green Orchid, Platanthera huronensis
• Hybrid Lady's-slipper, Cypripedium x columbianum
• Large Roundleaf Orchid, Platanthera orbiculata
• Loesel's Twayblade, Liparis loeselii
• Long-bract Green Orchis, Coeloglossum viride
• Merten's Coralroot, Corallorhiza mertensiana
• Mountain Lady's-slipper, Cypripedium montanum
• Northern Green Orchid, Platanthera aquilonis
• Northern Rattlesnake-plantain, Goodyera repens
• Northern Twayblade, Listera borealis
• Round-leaved Orchis, Amerorchis rotundifolia
• Slender Bog Orchid, Platanthera stricta
• Small Northern Bog Orchid, Platanthera obtusata
• Small Yellow Lady's-slipper, Cypripedium parviflorum
• Sparrow's-egg Lady's-slipper, Cypripedium passerinum
• Spotted Coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata
• Spring Coralroot, Corallorhiza wisteriana
• Striped Coralroot, Corallorhiza striata
• Ute Ladies' Tresses, Spiranthes diluvialis
• Western Twayblade, Listera caurina
• White Bog Orchid, Platanthera dilatata

Pod-grasses

Order: Najadales

Najadales

Najadales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system , that used this name for an order in subclass Alismatidae with this circumscription:* order Najadales...

, Family: Scheuchzeriaceae

Scheuchzeriaceae

Scheuchzeria palustris , is a flowering plant, the only species in the genus Scheuchzeria, itself the only genus in the family Scheuchzeriaceae...

 

• Pod Grass, Scheuchzeria palustris

Pondweeds

Order: Najadales

Najadales

Najadales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system , that used this name for an order in subclass Alismatidae with this circumscription:* order Najadales...

, Family: Potamogetonaceae

Potamogetonaceae

The Potamogetonaceae, commonly referred to as the pondweed family, is an aquatic family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. There are roughly 120 species spread across six genera in the Potamagetonaceae...

 

• Blunt-leaved Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton obtusifolius
• Curly Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton crispus
• Flatleaf Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton robbinsii
• Flatstem Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton zosteriformis
• Floating Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton natans
• Fries' Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton friesii
• Grassy Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton gramineus
• Illinois Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton illinoensis
• Largeleaf Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton amplifolius
• Leafy Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton foliosus
• Longleaf Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton nodosus
• Northern Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton alpinus
• Nuttall's Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton epihydrus
• Richardson's Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton richardsonii
• Sago Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton pectinatus
• Sheathed Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton vaginatus
• Slender Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton filiformis
• Slender Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton pusillus
• Straightleaf Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton strictifolius
• Water-thread Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton diversifolius
• White-stem Pondweed
  Potamogeton
  Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
  
  , Potamogeton praelongus

Rushes

Order: Juncales

Juncales

Juncales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. In the Engler system and in the Cronquist system it is circumscribed as:* order Juncales*: family Juncaceae...

, Family: Juncaceae

Juncaceae

Juncaceae, the rush family, are a monocotyledonous family of flowering plants. There are eight genera and about 400 species. Members of the Juncaceae are slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous plants, and they may superficially resemble grasses. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range...

 

• Baltic Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus balticus
• Black-grass Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus gerardii
• Chestnut Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus castaneus
• Colorado Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus confusus
• Common WoodRush
  Luzula
  Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
  
  , Luzula multiflora
• Coville's Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus covillei
• Curved WoodRush
  Luzula
  Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
  
  , Luzula arcuata
• Drummond's Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus drummondii
• Dudley's Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus dudleyi
• Flattened Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus compressus
• Forked WoodRush
  Luzula
  Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
  
  , Luzula divaricata
• Hall's Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus hallii
• Inland Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus interior
• Jointed Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus articulatus
• Knotted Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus nodosus
• Long-styled Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus longistylis
• Mertens' Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus mertensianus
• Nevada Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus nevadensis
• Northern Green Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus alpinoarticulatus
• Parry's Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus parryi
• Piper's WoodRush
  Luzula
  Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
  
  , Luzula piperi
• Regel's Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus regelii
• Slender Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus tenuis
• Small-flower WoodRush
  Luzula
  Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
  
  , Luzula parviflora
• Smooth WoodRush
  Luzula
  Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
  
  , Luzula hitchcockii
• Soft Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus effusus
• Spiked WoodRush
  Luzula
  Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
  
  , Luzula spicata
• Straight-leaf Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus orthophyllus
• Tapered Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus acuminatus
• Thread Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus filiformis
• Three-flowered Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus albescens
• Three-flowered Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus triglumis
• Three-stamened Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus ensifolius
• Toad Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus bufonius
• Torrey's Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus torreyi
• Two-flowered Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus biglumis
• Vasey's Rush
  Juncus
  Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...
  
  , Juncus vaseyi

Sedges

Order: Cyperales

Cyperales

Cyperales is a name for an order of flowering plants. As used in the Engler system and in the Wettstein system it consisted of only the single family...

, Family: Cyperaceae

Cyperaceae

Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...

• Carex scirpoidea
• Carex diluta
• Alpine Nerved Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex neurophora
• Alpine Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex glacialis
• Arctic Hare's-foot Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex lachenalii
• Awl-fruit Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex stipata
• Awned Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex atherodes
• Beaked Spikerush
  Eleocharis
  Eleocharis is a genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as spikerushes, although spikesedges is a more technically appropriate name and most scientists who study them in earnest refer to them as such...
  
  , Eleocharis rostellata
• Bearded FlatSedge
  Cyperus
  Cyperus is a large genus of about 600 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving water up to 0.5 m deep. The species vary greatly in size, with small species...
  
  , Cyperus squarrosus
• Beautiful Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex concinna
• Bebb's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex bebbii
• Big-leaf Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex amplifolia
• Black Alpine Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex nigricans
• Black and Purple Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex luzulina var. atropurpurea
• Black-and-white Scale Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex albonigra
• Black-girdle Bulrush
  Scirpus
  The plant genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae , many with the common names club-rush or bulrush . Other common names are deergrass or grassweed.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in wetlands and moist soil...
  
  , Scirpus atrocinctus
• Blackened Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex atrosquama
• Blackroot Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex elynoides
• Blunt Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex obtusata
• Bolander's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex bolanderi
• Bristly Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex comosa
• Bristly-stalk Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex leptalea
• Bronze Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex aenea
• Brownish Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex brunnescens
• Bulrush Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex scirpoidea
• Buxbaum's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex buxbaumii
• Capitate Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex capitata
• Clustered Field Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex praegracilis
• Coastal Sand Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex incurviformis
• Columbian Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex aperta
• Common Beaked Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex utriculata
• Copper-scale Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex chalciolepis
• Copycat Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex simulata
• Cordilleran Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex cordillerana
• Crawe's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex crawei
• Crawford's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex crawfordii
• Creeping Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex chordorrhiza
• Creeping Spikerush
  Eleocharis
  Eleocharis is a genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as spikerushes, although spikesedges is a more technically appropriate name and most scientists who study them in earnest refer to them as such...
  
  , Eleocharis palustris
• Cusick's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex cusickii
• Delicate Spikerush
  Eleocharis
  Eleocharis is a genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as spikerushes, although spikesedges is a more technically appropriate name and most scientists who study them in earnest refer to them as such...
  
  , Eleocharis bella
• Different-nerve Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex epapillosa
• Douglas' Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex douglasii
• Drummond's Hemicarpha, Hemicarpha drummondii
• Dry-spike Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex foenea
• Dusky-seed Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex pelocarpa
• Ebony Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex ebenea
• Engelmann's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex engelmannii
• Falkland Island Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex macloviana
• Fescue Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex brevior
• Few-flower Spikerush
  Eleocharis
  Eleocharis is a genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as spikerushes, although spikesedges is a more technically appropriate name and most scientists who study them in earnest refer to them as such...
  
  , Eleocharis quinqueflora
• Few-seeded Bog Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex microglochin
• Fox Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex vulpinoidea
• Geyer's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex geyeri
• Glaucus Beaked Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex rostrata
• Golden-fruit Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex aurea
• Goose-grass Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex lenticularis var. dolia
• Goosegrass Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex eleusinoides
• Green-keeled CottonSedge, Eriophorum viridicarinatum
• Hair-like Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex capillaris
• Hall's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex hallii
• Hardstem Bulrush
  Schoenoplectus
  Schoenoplectus is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha...
  
  , Schoenoplectus acutus
• Hayden's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex haydeniana
• Hoary Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex canescens
• Holm's Rocky Mountain Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex scopulorum
• Hood's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex hoodii
• Hudson's Bay Bulrush
  Trichophorum
  Trichophorum is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.The genus contains the following species :* Trichophorum alpinum Pers....
  
  , Trichophorum alpinum
• Idaho Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex idahoa
• Inflated Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex vesicaria
• Inland Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex interior
• Intermediate Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex media
• Ivory Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex eburnea
• Jointed-spike Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex athrostachya
• Jones' Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex jonesii
• Lake-bank Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex lacustris
• Large-fruited Kobresia
  Kobresia
  Kobresia is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to Carex species in appearance...
  
  , Kobresia sibirica
• Least Spikerush
  Eleocharis
  Eleocharis is a genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as spikerushes, although spikesedges is a more technically appropriate name and most scientists who study them in earnest refer to them as such...
  
  , Eleocharis acicularis
• Lesser Panicled Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex diandra
• Liddon Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex petasata
• Little Green Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex viridula
• Little Prickly Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex echinata
• Long-stolon Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex inops
• Longbeak Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex sprengelii
• Many-headed Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex sychnocephala
• Many-ribbed Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex multicostata
• Merten's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex mertensii
• Mountain Hare Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex phaeocephala
• Mountain Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa
• Mt. Shasta Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex straminiformis
• Mud Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex limosa
• Nard Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex nardina
• Narrow Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex angustata
• Narrowleaf Cotton-grass, Eriophorum angustifolium
• Nebraska Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex nebrascensis
• Needleleaf Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex duriuscula
• Nelson's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex nelsonii
• Nevada Bulrush
  Scirpus
  The plant genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae , many with the common names club-rush or bulrush . Other common names are deergrass or grassweed.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in wetlands and moist soil...
  
  , Scirpus nevadensis
• Northern Bog Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex gynocrates
• Northern Clustered Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex arcta
• Northern Meadow Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex praticola
• Northern singlespike Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea
• Northwestern Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex concinnoides
• Northwestern Showy Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex spectabilis
• Ovate Spikerush
  Eleocharis
  Eleocharis is a genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as spikerushes, although spikesedges is a more technically appropriate name and most scientists who study them in earnest refer to them as such...
  
  , Eleocharis ovata
• Pacific Kobresia
  Kobresia
  Kobresia is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to Carex species in appearance...
  
  , Kobresia myosuroides
• Pale Bulrush
  Scirpus
  The plant genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae , many with the common names club-rush or bulrush . Other common names are deergrass or grassweed.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in wetlands and moist soil...
  
  , Scirpus pallidus
• Pale Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex livida
• Pale Spikerush, Eleocharis flavescens
• Palish Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex pallescens
• Parry's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex parryana
• Payson's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex paysonis
• Pendulous Bulrush
  Scirpus
  The plant genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae , many with the common names club-rush or bulrush . Other common names are deergrass or grassweed.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in wetlands and moist soil...
  
  , Scirpus pendulus
• Pointed Broom Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex scoparia
• Poor Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex magellanica
• Porcupine Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex hystericina
• Prairie Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex prairea
• Pregnant Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex gravida
• Presl Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex preslii
• Purple Spikerush
  Eleocharis
  Eleocharis is a genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as spikerushes, although spikesedges is a more technically appropriate name and most scientists who study them in earnest refer to them as such...
  
  , Eleocharis atropurpurea
• Pyrenean Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex pyrenaica
• Raynolds' Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex raynoldsii
• Red-root FlatSedge
  Cyperus
  Cyperus is a large genus of about 600 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving water up to 0.5 m deep. The species vary greatly in size, with small species...
  
  , Cyperus erythrorhizos
• Retrorse Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex retrorsa
• River Bulrush
  Schoenoplectus
  Schoenoplectus is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha...
  
  , Schoenoplectus fluviatilis
• Rock Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex petricosa
• Rock Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex rupestris
• Rocky Mountain Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex backii
• Rocky Mountain Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex saximontana
• Rolland's Bulrush
  Trichophorum
  Trichophorum is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.The genus contains the following species :* Trichophorum alpinum Pers....
  
  , Trichophorum pumilum
• Russet Cotton-grass, Eriophorum chamissonis
• Russet Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex saxatilis
• Rusty Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex subfusca
• Saltmarsh Bulrush
  Schoenoplectus
  Schoenoplectus is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha...
  
  , Schoenoplectus maritimus
• Sartwell's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex sartwellii
• Saw-leaved Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla
• Scheuchzer Cotton-grass, Eriophorum scheuchzeri
• Schweinitz' FlatSedge
  Cyperus
  Cyperus is a large genus of about 600 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving water up to 0.5 m deep. The species vary greatly in size, with small species...
  
  , Cyperus schweinitzii
• Sheathed Cotton-grass, Eriophorum callitrix
• Sheathed Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex vaginata
• Shining FlatSedge
  Cyperus
  Cyperus is a large genus of about 600 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving water up to 0.5 m deep. The species vary greatly in size, with small species...
  
  , Cyperus bipartitus
• Shore Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex lenticularis
• Shore Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa
• Short Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex rossii
• Short-leaf Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex fuliginosa
• Short-pointed FlatSedge
  Cyperus
  Cyperus is a large genus of about 600 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving water up to 0.5 m deep. The species vary greatly in size, with small species...
  
  , Cyperus acuminatus
• Short-scale Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex deweyana
• Short-scaled Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex leptopoda
• Short-stalk Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex podocarpa
• Short-stemmed Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex deflexa
• Sierran Hare Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex leporinella
• Simple Kobresia
  Kobresia
  Kobresia is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to Carex species in appearance...
  
  , Kobresia simpliciuscula
• Slender Bulrush
  Schoenoplectus
  Schoenoplectus is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha...
  
  , Schoenoplectus heterochaetus
• Slender Cottongrass, Eriophorum gracile
• Slender Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex lasiocarpa
• Slender Spikerush
  Eleocharis
  Eleocharis is a genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as spikerushes, although spikesedges is a more technically appropriate name and most scientists who study them in earnest refer to them as such...
  
  , Eleocharis elliptica
• Small-fruit Bulrush
  Scirpus
  The plant genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae , many with the common names club-rush or bulrush . Other common names are deergrass or grassweed.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in wetlands and moist soil...
  
  , Scirpus microcarpus
• Small-head Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex illota
• Small-wing Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex microptera
• Small-winged Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex stenoptila
• Smooth-cone Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex laeviconica
• Smooth-stem Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex laeviculmis
• Soft Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex tenera
• Softleaf Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex disperma
• Softstem Bulrush
  Schoenoplectus
  Schoenoplectus is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha...
  
  , Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
• Steven's Scandinavian Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex stevenii
• Teacher's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex praeceptorum
• Thick-head Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex pachystachya
• Thin-flowered Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex tenuiflora
• Thread-leaved Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex filifolia
• Threadleaf Beakseed
  Bulbostylis
  Bulbostylis is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called hairsedges. There are over 100 species of these clump-forming plants of dry grasslands and warm and tropical savannas worldwide. They have solid, rounded, grooved stems and long, thin basal leaves...
  
  , Bulbostylis capillaris
• Three-square Bulrush
  Schoenoplectus
  Schoenoplectus is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha...
  
  , Schoenoplectus americanus
• Three-square Bulrush
  Schoenoplectus
  Schoenoplectus is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha...
  
  , Schoenoplectus pungens
• Threeway Sedge
  Dulichium
  Dulichium, Dolicha, or Doliche was a place noted by numerous ancient writers that was either a city on, or an island off, the Ionian Sea coast of Acarnania, Greece....
  
  , Dulichium arundinaceum
• Torrey's Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex torreyi
• Tufted Club-rush
  Trichophorum
  Trichophorum is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.The genus contains the following species :* Trichophorum alpinum Pers....
  
  , Trichophorum cespitosum
• Valley Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex vallicola
• Water Bulrush
  Schoenoplectus
  Schoenoplectus is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha...
  
  , Schoenoplectus subterminalis
• Water Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex aquatilis
• Western Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex occidentalis
• Western Single-spike Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex scirpoidea ssp. pseudoscirpoidea
• White-scaled Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex xerantica
• Woodrush Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex luzulina
• Woodrush Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex luzulina var. ablata
• Woolgrass
  Scirpus
  The plant genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae , many with the common names club-rush or bulrush . Other common names are deergrass or grassweed.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in wetlands and moist soil...
  
  , Scirpus cyperinus
• Woolgrass Bulrush
  Scirpus
  The plant genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae , many with the common names club-rush or bulrush . Other common names are deergrass or grassweed.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in wetlands and moist soil...
  
  , Scirpus atrovirens
• Woolly Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex pellita
• Yellow Sedge
  Carex
  Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
  
  , Carex flava

Spiderwort Family

Order: Commelinales

Commelinales

Commelinales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants. It comprises five families: Commelinaceae, Haemodoraceae, Hanguanaceae, Philydraceae, and Pontederiaceae. All the families combined contain over 800 species in about 70 genera; the majority of species are in the Commelinaceae...

, Family: Commelinaceae

Commelinaceae

Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with an estimated 650 species in 40 genera. Well known genera include...

 

• Bracted Spiderwort
  Tradescantia bracteata
  Tradescantia bracteata is a species of Tradescantia. It is grown for its purple flowers. It blooms from May to July....
  
  , Tradescantia bracteata
• Prairie Spiderwort
  Tradescantia occidentalis
  Tradescantia occidentalis is a plant in the dayflower family, Commelinaceae. It is listed as a threatened species in Canada....
  
  , Tradescantia occidentalis

Sweetflag / Calamus Family

Order: Arales

Arales

Arales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. The name was used in the Cronquist system for an order placed in subclass Arecidae, circumscribed as :* order Arales*: family Acoraceae*: family Araceae...

, Family: Acoraceae 

• Sweetflag
  Acorus americanus
  Acorus americanus, the American Sweet Flag, is an emergent wetland plant native to the northern United States and Canada. This perennial plant has bright green blade-shaped leaves that arising directly from the rhizomes and sheath into each other at the base. Additionally the blades have 2-6 raised...
  
  , Acorus americanus

Water-hyacinth Family

Order: Liliales

Liliales

Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another...

, Family: Pontederiaceae

Pontederiaceae

Pontederiaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants.The APG II system, of 2003 places the family in the order Commelinales, in the commelinid clade, in the monocots. It is a small family of heterostylous aquatic plants, occurring in tropical and subtropical waters...

 

• Water Star-grass
  Heteranthera dubia
  Heteranthera dubia is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names water stargrass and grassleaf mudplantain. It is native to North and Central America where it is widespread from Canada to Guatemala. It lives submersed in freshwater such as rivers and lakes. It is quite variable in...
  
  , Heteranthera dubia

Water-nymph Family

Order: Najadales

Najadales

Najadales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system , that used this name for an order in subclass Alismatidae with this circumscription:* order Najadales...

, Family: Najadaceae 

• Guadalupe Water-nymph
  Najas guadalupensis
  Najas guadalupensis is a species of aquatic plant known by the common name common water nymph. It is native to the Americas, where it is widespread. It is also known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. This annual plant grows submerged in aquatic habitat types...
  
  , Najas guadalupensis
• Slender Naiad, Najas flexilis

Water-plantains

Order: Alismatales

Alismatales

Alismatales is an order of flowering plants including about 2500 species. Pleants assigned to this order are mostly tropical or aquatic.-Description:...

, Family: Alismataceae

Alismataceae

The water-plantains are a family of flowering plants, comprising 11 genera and between 85-95 species. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the greatest number of species in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...

 

• Common Arrowhead, Sagittaria latifolia
• Narrow-leaf Water-plantain
  Alisma gramineum
  Alisma gramineum is a small aquatic plant in the water-plantain family. It has several common names including narrowleaf water-plantain, ribbonleaf water-plantain, and grass-leaved water-plantain. It grows in mud or submerged in shallow fresh or brackish water in marshy areas. The leaves and tiny...
  
  , Alisma gramineum
• Northern Arrowhead
  Sagittaria cuneata
  Sagittaria cuneata is a species of flowering plant in the water plantain family known by the common name arumleaf arrowhead. Like some other Sagittaria species, it may be called wapato. It is native to much of North America, including most of Canada and the western and northeastern United States...
  
  , Sagittaria cuneata
• Northern Water-plantain
  Alisma triviale
  Alisma triviale is a perennial semi-aquatic or aquatic plant in the Water-plantain family . It grows in shallow water or mud. Northern water plantain is native to Canada, the United States, and Northern Mexico....
  
  , Alisma triviale

Waterweeds

Order: Hydrocharitales

Hydrocharitales

Hydrocharitales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. A well-known system that used this name is the Cronquist system , for an order in subclass Alismatidae, with this circumscription:* order Hydrocharitales*: family Hydrocharitaceae...

, Family: Hydrocharitaceae

Hydrocharitaceae

Hydrocharitaceae is a flowering plant family that includes a number of species of aquatic plant, broadly called the Tape-grasses, and includes the well known Canadian Waterweed and Frog's Bit.The family includes both fresh and marine aquatics...

 

• Broad Waterweed, Elodea canadensis
• Long-sheath Waterweed
  Elodea
  Elodea is a genus of aquatic plants often called the waterweeds. Elodea is native to North America and is also widely used as aquarium vegetation. The introduction of some species of Elodea into waterways in parts of Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, and New Zealand has created a significant problem...
  
  , Elodea bifoliata
• Nuttall Waterweed
  Elodea nuttallii
  Elodea nuttallii is a species of waterweed known by the common name western waterweed. This is a perennial aquatic plant which is native to North America where it grows submersed in lakes, rivers, and other shallow water bodies. It is also found in Eurasia, where it is commonly weedy; it is not...
  
  , Elodea nuttallii

Yuccas / Agaves

Order: Liliales

Liliales

Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another...

, Family: Agavaceae

Agavaceae

Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales. It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae. The group includes many well-known desert and dry zone types such as the agave, yucca, and Joshua tree...

 

• Small Soapweed Yucca
  Yucca glauca
  Yucca glauca , known as soapweed yucca, narrowleaf yucca, plains yucca, and beargrass...
  
  , Yucca glauca

See also

• Coniferous plants of Montana
• Lichens of Montana
  Lichens of Montana
  There are at least 41 species of Lichens, Ascomycota known to exist in Montana. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has identified a number of lichen species as Species of Concern....
  
  
• Dicotyledons of Montana