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.
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: 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 re-ranked 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.
