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§1 Plant
Cyperus ligularis L.
vernacular Alabama swamp flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cyperus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 66 counties across 4 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 66 counties across 4 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Glades 12043
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Lucie 12111
- Volusia 12127
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Aguada 72003
- Aibonito 72009
- Arecibo 72013
- Arroyo 72015
- Bayamon 72021
- Cabo Rojo 72023
- Camuy 72027
- Carolina 72031
- Catano 72033
- Cayey 72035
- Ceiba 72037
- Coamo 72043
- Culebra 72049
- Dorado 72051
- Fajardo 72053
- Guayama 72057
- Guayanilla 72059
- Humacao 72069
- Isabela 72071
- Loiza 72087
- Luquillo 72089
- Manati 72091
- Maunabo 72095
- Mayaguez 72097
- Naguabo 72103
- Patillas 72109
- Penuelas 72111
- Ponce 72113
- Rio Grande 72119
- Salinas 72123
- San Juan 72127
- Santa Isabel 72133
- Toa Baja 72137
- Utuado 72141
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vega Baja 72145
- Vieques 72147
- Yabucoa 72151
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYLI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2715068 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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