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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Schoenus nigricans L.
Black sedge, Black bogrush

Schoenus nigricans

Family: Cyperaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southern United States, the West Indies (not Puerto Rico), Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World in both temperate and tropical regions.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Critically Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for low pinelands on Big Pine Key.  We consider this native and extant only on Big Pine Key in the lower Keys.

Other data on Schoenus nigricans available from :


Schoenus nigricans has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native




Schoenus nigricans has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Pine Rockland


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Schoenus nigricans

Schoenus nigricans
Copyright by: Beryn Harty, 2015
Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida

Schoenus nigricans
Copyright by: Beryn Harty, 2015
Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida

Schoenus nigricans
Copyright by: Beryn Harty, 2015
Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida

Schoenus nigricans
Copyright by: Beryn Harty, 2015
Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida

Schoenus nigricans
Copyright by: Shirley Denton