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§1 Plant
Cyperus compressus L.
vernacular poorland flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cyperus
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 259 counties across 22 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 37 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–6.5
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 259 counties across 22 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bradford 12007
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hendry 12051
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Bertie 37015
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Arroyo 72015
- Bayamon 72021
- Cabo Rojo 72023
- Caguas 72025
- Carolina 72031
- Catano 72033
- Ceiba 72037
- Culebra 72049
- Fajardo 72053
- Guayanilla 72059
- Humacao 72069
- Juana Diaz 72075
- Juncos 72077
- Lajas 72079
- Las Piedras 72085
- Loiza 72087
- Manati 72091
- Maunabo 72095
- Mayaguez 72097
- Naguabo 72103
- Patillas 72109
- Rio Grande 72119
- San Juan 72127
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vega Baja 72145
- Vieques 72147
- Yabucoa 72151
South Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Brunswick 51025
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYCO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2713479 ↗Record version
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