Index / Search / Cyperus surinamensis
§1 Plant
Cyperus surinamensis Rottb.
vernacular tropical 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
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 176 counties across 10 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 176 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- 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
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Beauregard 22011
- Bossier 22015
- Calcasieu 22019
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Aguada 72003
- Aibonito 72009
- Anasco 72011
- Arecibo 72013
- Arroyo 72015
- Bayamon 72021
- Cabo Rojo 72023
- Caguas 72025
- Camuy 72027
- Carolina 72031
- Catano 72033
- Ceiba 72037
- Dorado 72051
- Fajardo 72053
- Guayama 72057
- Humacao 72069
- Juana Diaz 72075
- Loiza 72087
- Luquillo 72089
- Manati 72091
- Maunabo 72095
- Mayaguez 72097
- Morovis 72101
- Naguabo 72103
- Patillas 72109
- Rio Grande 72119
- San Juan 72127
- San Lorenzo 72129
- Toa Baja 72137
- Utuado 72141
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vega Baja 72145
- Vieques 72147
- Yabucoa 72151
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Bastrop 48021
- Brazos 48041
- Burnet 48053
- Calhoun 48057
- Chambers 48071
- Colorado 48089
- Dallas 48113
- Freestone 48161
- Gillespie 48171
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Guadalupe 48187
- Harris 48201
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Kenedy 48261
- Kleberg 48273
- Leon 48289
- Llano 48299
- Mason 48319
- Milam 48331
- Nueces 48355
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Patricio 48409
- Smith 48423
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYSU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2715295 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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