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§1 Plant
Cyperus ochraceus Vahl
vernacular pond 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 46 counties across 5 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 46 counties across 5 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Atascosa 48013
- Bee 48025
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Fort Bend 48157
- Harris 48201
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jackson 48239
- Jim Wells 48249
- Karnes 48255
- Kendall 48259
- Kleberg 48273
- La Salle 48283
- Lavaca 48285
- Liberty 48291
- Matagorda 48321
- Maverick 48323
- McMullen 48311
- Nueces 48355
- Refugio 48391
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Victoria 48469
- Webb 48479
- Wharton 48481
- Willacy 48489
- Zavala 48507
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYOC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2714772 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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