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§1 Plant

Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.

vernacular marsh flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae


USDA
CYPS
GBIF
2715990
Rank
species
marsh flatsedge (Cyperus pseudovegetus)
Platephotograph · jim_keeslingCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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
Legend Native · 466 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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
Arkansas view state ↗ 48 N
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
Louisiana view state ↗ 61 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 43 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N
New York view state ↗ 1 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 54 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 34 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N
Virginia view state ↗ 50 N

§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

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