Index / Search / Lipocarpha maculata
§1 Plant
Lipocarpha maculata (Michx.) Torr.
vernacular American halfchaff sedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Lipocarpha
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 85 counties across 9 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 85 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- St. Johns 12109
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LIMA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2711758 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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