Index / Search / Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus

§1 Plant

Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla var. longispicatus (Britton) S.G. Sm.

vernacular common threesquare — variety · Cyperaceae


USDA
SCPUL4
GBIF
2711191
Rank
variety
common threesquare (Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus)
Platephotograph · Samuel Brinker source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Schoenoplectus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 278 counties across 16 states/territories
Legend Native · 278 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 278 counties across 16 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 4 N
Colorado view state ↗ 23 N
Idaho view state ↗ 2 N
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N
Missouri view state ↗ 7 N
Montana view state ↗ 3 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 48 N
Nevada view state ↗ 5 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 46 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 25 N
Texas view state ↗ 48 N
Utah view state ↗ 27 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 20 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SCPUL4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2711191 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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