Cyperus virens Michaux. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Marshes and ditches. Distribution: E. NC south to c. peninsular FL, west to TX; Mexico to Argentina. Also as a chrome ore waif in VA.
ID notes: Easily identified in the field by its triquetrous culms with abundant retrorse prickles on the angles (sharp enough to slice open a finger moved up the stem, a hazard when collecting voucher specimens); other species in sect. Luzuloidei are mostly bluntly and obscurely trigonous.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, FNA23, K4, Mex, POWO, RAB, Tx, WH3, Carter (1990); < Cyperus virens Michx. — F, GW1, S, Larridon et al. (2014), Muasya et al. (2009), Tucker (1987); > Cyperus virens Michx. var. drummondii (Torr. & Hook. in Torr.) Kük. — NS; > Cyperus virens Michx. var. virens — NS; Cyperus virens Michx. Basionym: Cyperus virens Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Cyperus virens - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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