PLANTS Profile for Cyperus polystachyos (manyspike flatsedge)

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Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.
manyspike flatsedge

Symbol:

CYPO

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

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Distribution:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Cyperus polystachyos var. miser
manyspike flatsedge

Cyperus polystachyos var. polystachyos
manyspike flatsedge

Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis
Texan flatsedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Cyperus L. – flatsedge
Species	Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. – manyspike flatsedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Jersey:
coast flat sedge		Endangered
New York:
Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis
coast flatsedge		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
many-spiked flatsedge		Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW

FAC*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39957.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 04:12 AM MDT