Cyperaceae
Woodland hypolytrum
Hypolytrum nemorum
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Hypolytrum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 割雞芒, 割鸡芒, 臺灣割雞
- English
- Woodland hypolytrum
- Indonesian
- Sepejam, Harashas lalaki
Synonyms
- Hypaelyptum nemorum (Vahl) P.Beauv.
- Schoenus nemorum Vahl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Board of Trustees, RGB Kew, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.