National Capital Parks-East - Others

Other groups of vascular plants known from National Capital Parks-East (NACE) include large families such as the Cyperaceae (sedges) with 96 species and the Juncaceae (rushes) with 14 species. NACE has many state rare, threatened or endangered species of sedges including Carex albursina, Carex brevior, Carex complanata, Carex emoryi, Carex granularis, Carex grayi, Carex hirtifolia, Carex hitchcockiana, Carex jamesii, Carex lacustris, Carex louisianica, Carex mesochorea, Carex styloflexa, Carex typhina, Cyperus lancastriensis, Eleocharis engelmannii, Kyllinga pumila, Rhynchospora glomerata, Scirpus pendulus, and Scleria pauciflora. Two species of state rare rushes have been found at NACE (Juncus brachycarpus and Juncus torreyi).