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Cyperus odoratus L.
Fragrant flatsedge

Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2018
In habitat at Lake Ida Parcel, Delray Beach, Florida
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Family: Cyperaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Widespread in North America, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.

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

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Synonyms: C. ferax.

Other data on Cyperus odoratus available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Cyperus odoratus has been found in the following 69 conservation areas :
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Black Point Park and Marina	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Reported
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Danforth Park	Recorded as Present in Error
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel	Present	Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Hawk's Hammock Park	Present	Native
Highland Oaks Park	Present	Native
Highlands Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Holey Land Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
LaBelle Nature Park	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Nicodemus Slough	Present	Native
Okeeheelee Park	Present	Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Woodmont Natural Area	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Cyperus odoratus has been found in the following 11 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native