*Cyperus oxylepis Nees ex Steudel. Common name: Sharp-scale Flatsedge. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Disturbed wet areas, marshes, saline areas. Distribution: Native of South America.
ID notes: Forms with relatively short spikelets may be mistaken for C. elegans; see comments under that species.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Taxonomy Comments: See Bryson et al. (1996).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FNA23, GW1, K4, NS, POWO, Tx, WH3; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Cyperus oxylepis Nees ex Steud. 1855
Links to other floras: = Cyperus oxylepis - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
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