Index / Search / Cyperus retrorsus
§1 Plant
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm.
vernacular pine barren 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
· 362 counties across 21 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 362 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Brooks 13027
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- DeKalb 13089
- Dooly 13093
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Seminole 13253
- Treutlen 13283
- Walton 13297
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Gillespie 48171
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Hill 48217
- Jefferson 48245
- Kenedy 48261
- Kleberg 48273
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Llano 48299
- Marion 48315
- Mason 48319
- Matagorda 48321
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Polk 48373
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Patricio 48409
- Smith 48423
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Willacy 48489
Virginia view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amherst 51009
- Brunswick 51025
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Essex 51057
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYRE5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2715517 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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