Index / Search / Scleria oligantha
§1 Plant
Scleria oligantha Michx.
vernacular littlehead nutrush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Scleria
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 318 counties across 16 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 318 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 22 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Caldwell 21033
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Caldwell 37027
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cumberland 37051
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rutherford 37161
- Transylvania 37175
- Vance 37181
- Warren 37185
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Edgefield 45037
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Oconee 45073
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hickman 47081
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Perry 47135
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Wayne 47181
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Cass 48067
- Dallas 48113
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Kaufman 48257
- Lamar 48277
- Lavaca 48285
- Liberty 48291
- Limestone 48293
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Polk 48373
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- Shelby 48419
- Smith 48423
- Tyler 48457
- Van Zandt 48467
- Walker 48471
Virginia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Powhatan 51145
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCOL2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2712784 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T16:37:38Z