Index / Search / Cyperus lancastriensis
§1 Plant
Cyperus lancastriensis Porter ex A. Gray
vernacular manyflower flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cyperus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 221 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 165 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3.1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- 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
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- bare root, corm, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 221 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Calloway 21035
- Clay 21051
- Fulton 21075
- Harlan 21095
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Johnson 21115
- Letcher 21133
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Pike 21195
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Bertie 37015
- Burke 37023
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Madison 37115
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Perquimans 37143
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Stokes 37169
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Henry 47079
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Montgomery 47125
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYLA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2714637 ↗Record version
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