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§1 Plant
Cyperus niger Ruiz & Pav.
vernacular black 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 46 counties across 3 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 46 counties across 3 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 9 N ▾
California view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Contra Costa 06013
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Merced 06047
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tuolumne 06109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYNI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2730508 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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