Index / Search / Cyperus oxylepis
§1 Plant
Cyperus oxylepis Nees ex Steud.
vernacular sharpscale flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cyperus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
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.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Beauregard 22011
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Orleans 22071
- Plaquemines 22075
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- West Baton Rouge 22121
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYOX ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2716201 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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