Index / Search / Cyperus pseudovegetus
§1 Plant
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.
vernacular marsh 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
§2b
County-level range
· 466 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 175 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.6–6.8
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Black
- 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
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 466 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Dallas 01047
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Perry 01105
- Russell 01113
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Breathitt 21025
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Calhoun 28013
- Chickasaw 28017
- Choctaw 28019
- Clay 28025
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Itawamba 28057
- Jasper 28061
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marshall 28093
- Neshoba 28099
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Tunica 28143
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Yalobusha 28161
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
South Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Rhea 47143
- Robertson 47147
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Warren 47177
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
Virginia view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYPS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2715990 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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