Index / Search / Cyperus acuminatus
§1 Plant
Cyperus acuminatus Torr. & Hook. ex Torr.
vernacular tapertip flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cyperus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 395 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.9–6.8
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Green
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 395 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Brown 17009
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- White 17193
- Will 17197
Indiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- DeKalb 29063
- Dunklin 29069
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Buffalo 31019
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Dawes 31045
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Fillmore 31059
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Harlan 31083
- Holt 31089
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Lancaster 31109
- Perkins 31135
- Phelps 31137
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Saline 31151
- Saunders 31155
- Sherman 31163
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- York 31185
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Comal 48091
- Cooke 48097
- Coryell 48099
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Falls 48145
- Freestone 48161
- Frio 48163
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hunt 48231
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Kaufman 48257
- Kerr 48265
- Kleberg 48273
- Lamar 48277
- Lavaca 48285
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- Mason 48319
- Matagorda 48321
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- Nueces 48355
- Parker 48367
- Presidio 48377
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Stephens 48429
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wichita 48485
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Young 48503
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYAC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2715570 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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