Index / Search / Schoenoplectus pungens
§1 Plant
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
vernacular common threesquare — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Schoenoplectus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 751 counties across 36 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 751 counties across 36 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Crowley 08025
- El Paso 08041
- Grand 08049
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Pueblo 08101
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Duval 12031
- Franklin 12037
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hendry 12051
- Lake 12069
- Levy 12075
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
Idaho view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Crawford 18025
- Elkhart 18039
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Hennepin 27053
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Newton 29145
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Texas 29215
Nebraska view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Box Butte 31013
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Morrill 31123
- Nance 31125
- Otoe 31131
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Clark 39023
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Hamilton 39061
- Henry 39069
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Medina 39103
- Mercer 39107
- Montgomery 39113
- Ottawa 39123
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
South Dakota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Brookings 46011
- Butte 46019
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Day 46037
- Dewey 46041
- Fall River 46047
- Hamlin 46057
- Hanson 46061
- Harding 46063
- Hutchinson 46067
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lake 46079
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- McCook 46087
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Aransas 48007
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Blanco 48031
- Brazoria 48039
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Burnet 48053
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Collingsworth 48087
- Cottle 48101
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Donley 48129
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Foard 48155
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Harris 48201
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Karnes 48255
- Kenedy 48261
- Kleberg 48273
- Lamar 48277
- Lamb 48279
- Lavaca 48285
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Mason 48319
- McCulloch 48307
- Montague 48337
- Motley 48345
- Nueces 48355
- Oldham 48359
- Parker 48367
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Roberts 48393
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Scurry 48415
- Tarrant 48439
- Terrell 48443
- Val Verde 48465
- Victoria 48469
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Willacy 48489
- Winkler 48495
- Wise 48497
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
Wisconsin view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Green Lake 55047
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCPU10 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2711190 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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