#family_Cyperaceae__Cyperaceae__sedge_family__sedgefamily bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
supertype: monocot_family__monocotfamily__liliopsid_family__liliopsidfamily family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
subtype: genus_Cyperus type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions
member of: order_Graminales
member: sedge grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
member: genus_Carex__Carex large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges
member: sand_sedge__sand_reed__Carex_arenaria European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
member: cypress_sedge__cypresssedge__Carex_pseudocyperus tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
member: genus_Eriophorum__Eriophorum cotton grass
member: cotton_grass__cotton_rush any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
member: genus_Scirpus__Scirpus rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
member: hardstem_bulrush__hardstemmed_bulrush__hardstemmedbulrush__Scirpus_acutus widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
member: wool_grass__Scirpus_cyperinus sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
member: genus_Eleocharis__Eleocharis sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
member: spike_rush__spikerush a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
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