Species profile—Cyperus esculentus (yellow nutgrass)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cyperaceae → Cyperus esculentus (yellow nutgrass)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Scientific name
- Cyperus esculentus L.
- Common name
- yellow nutgrass
- WildNet taxon ID
- 17517
- Alternate name(s)
- yellow nutsedge
tiger nut
rush nut
nutgrass
northern nutgrass
earth almond
yellow nut sedge - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=17517.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
