Index / Search / Fimbristylis dichotoma
§1 Plant
Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl
vernacular forked fimbry — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Fimbristylis
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 206 counties across 12 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 206 counties across 12 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Livingston 22063
- Orleans 22071
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Bertie 37015
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adjuntas 72001
- Aguada 72003
- Aguas Buenas 72007
- Aibonito 72009
- Anasco 72011
- Arecibo 72013
- Bayamon 72021
- Cabo Rojo 72023
- Caguas 72025
- Carolina 72031
- Catano 72033
- Cayey 72035
- Ceiba 72037
- Coamo 72043
- Comerio 72045
- Corozal 72047
- Dorado 72051
- Fajardo 72053
- Guayama 72057
- Guaynabo 72061
- Gurabo 72063
- Humacao 72069
- Isabela 72071
- Jayuya 72073
- Juncos 72077
- Lares 72081
- Las Marias 72083
- Las Piedras 72085
- Loiza 72087
- Luquillo 72089
- Maricao 72093
- Maunabo 72095
- Mayaguez 72097
- Moca 72099
- Naguabo 72103
- Naranjito 72105
- Orocovis 72107
- Patillas 72109
- Penuelas 72111
- Ponce 72113
- Quebradillas 72115
- Rio Grande 72119
- Salinas 72123
- San German 72125
- San Juan 72127
- San Lorenzo 72129
- San Sebastian 72131
- Trujillo Alto 72139
- Utuado 72141
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vega Baja 72145
- Vieques 72147
- Villalba 72149
- Yabucoa 72151
- Yauco 72153
South Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FIDI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2708808 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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