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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Cyperus croceus Vahl
Baldwin’s flatsedge

Cyperus croceus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Cyperaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States, the West Indies, Central America and northern South America.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Doubtfully Native

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Apparently recently established and spreading as a weed from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. Our first record is a report from Roger L. Hammer from Bahia Honda State Park in 1991.

Other data on Cyperus croceus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Cyperus croceus has been reported from the following 9 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Reported
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Doubtfully Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Doubtfully Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Doubtfully Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Possibly Extirpated Doubtfully Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Doubtfully Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Assumed to be Present Doubtfully Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Reported
Long Key State Park Present Doubtfully Native




Cyperus croceus has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Cyperus croceus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley