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Fimbristylis spadicea (L.) Vahl
Marsh fimbry

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Cyperaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. The USDA PLANTS website and the Flora of North America separate the temperate F. castanea from the tropical F. spadicea.

Synonyms: F. castanea.

Other data on Fimbristylis spadicea available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Fimbristylis spadicea has been found in the following 51 conservation areas :
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Danforth Park	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Homestead Bayfront Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area		Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Reported
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Reported
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Mangrove Preserve	Present	Native
Matanzas Pass Preserve	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Ron Ehmann Park	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Tigertail Beach County Park	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Fimbristylis spadicea has been found in the following 8 counties :
Broward County	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native