Index / Search / Fimbristylis cymosa
§1 Plant
Fimbristylis cymosa R. Br.
vernacular hurricanegrass — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Fimbristylis
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 61 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 61 counties across 4 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 20 B ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 B ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 34 B ▾
- Arecibo 72013
- Arroyo 72015
- Bayamon 72021
- Cabo Rojo 72023
- Camuy 72027
- Carolina 72031
- Catano 72033
- Cayey 72035
- Dorado 72051
- Fajardo 72053
- Guanica 72055
- Guayama 72057
- Guayanilla 72059
- Hatillo 72065
- Humacao 72069
- Isabela 72071
- Jayuya 72073
- Juana Diaz 72075
- Lajas 72079
- Loiza 72087
- Manati 72091
- Maricao 72093
- Mayaguez 72097
- Moca 72099
- Naguabo 72103
- Ponce 72113
- Rincon 72117
- Rio Grande 72119
- Salinas 72123
- San Juan 72127
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vega Baja 72145
- Vieques 72147
- Yabucoa 72151
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 3 B ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FICY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2709108 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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