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1117022 purple nutsedge Cyperus rotundus Plant(s) Charles T. Bryson	1117024 purple nutsedge Cyperus rotundus Flower(s) Charles T. Bryson	1117025 purple nutsedge Cyperus rotundus Flower(s) Charles T. Bryson	1117026 purple nutsedge Cyperus rotundus Plant(s) Charles T. Bryson
1120314 purple nutsedge Cyperus rotundus Flower(s) James H. Miller	1624072 purple nutsedge Cyperus rotundus Infestation Charles T. Bryson	5342060 purple nutsedge Cyperus rotundus Plant(s) Joseph LaForest	5374954 purple nutsedge Cyperus rotundus Flower(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso

Maps

EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org

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State Regulated List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their regulated list. For more information, visit Invasive.org

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Most Troublesome / Most Common Agricultural Weed List
This map identifies those states that consider this species either most troublesome or most common in at least one commodity. For more information, visit the MTMC project page.

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	Troublesome or Common weed in one or more crops

Invasive Listing Sources

Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: Commelinidae

Order: Cyperales

Family: Cyperaceae

Genus: Cyperus

Synonyms and Other Names

Other Common Names:
nutgrass, chaguan humatag, cocograss, kili'o'opu, pakopako, purple nutsedge

References

Common Name Reference:	Weed Science Society of America Common Names List
Scientific Name Reference:	USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.