Family: Cyperaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: United States, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Recorded as Presumed Extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002, pp 101-102), based on the last known collection in Palm Beach County in 1965. Rediscovered in January, 2003 by George Wilder and Martha McCombs in Collier County (
16333 USF) and collected in 2003 by Steve Woodmansee in Big Cypress National Preserve (1141 FTG) and 2010 by Alan Franck in Charlotte County (
2451 USF).
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.
Synonyms: Scirpus californicus.
