Index / Search / Cyperus dentatus
§1 Plant
Cyperus dentatus Torr.
vernacular toothed flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- 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
· 109 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 109 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 14 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Dauphin 42043
- Indiana 42063
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Warren 42123
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYDE2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2715464 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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