Family: Cyperaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World tropics.
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
SNR
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as rare in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002), this small native sedge is known in South Florida only from the Miami Rock Ridge and the lower Florida Keys, primarily in pine rocklands. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we reranked this as imperiled in South Florida in April 2020.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms:
A. monostachya.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands and open hammocks in the lower Keys. We consider this native and extant in the lower Keys.
