Index / Search / Scirpus polyphyllus
§1 Plant
Scirpus polyphyllus Vahl
vernacular leafy bulrush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Scirpus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 418 counties across 22 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 418 counties across 22 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Carroll 39019
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Guernsey 39059
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Meigs 39105
- Noble 39121
- Richland 39139
- Stark 39151
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Johnson 47091
- Lawrence 47099
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northumberland 51133
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Clay 54015
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Logan 54045
- McDowell 54047
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pocahontas 54075
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCPO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2720215 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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