Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cyperus L.

Family: Cyperaceae

Origin: native & introduced

Common names:

Bullrush (1828) (7)

Cypress-grass (1900?) (158)

Cyprus grass (1818) (10)

Flatsedge [Flat-sedge] (1923-Present) (50, 138, 139)

Galingale (1900?-1949) (1, 109, 158)

Nut-grass [Nut grass] (1932) (1)

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