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Cyperus haspan L.
haspan flatsedge
Symbol: CYHA
Group: Monocot
Family: Cyperaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Click on this Photograph of Cyperus haspan to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth, TX. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Guidelines.

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Plant Synonyms:
CYHA Cyperus haspan L.
 

CYHAA

Cyperus haspan L. var. americanus Boeckl.
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State Distributional Map for CYHA
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Plant Distribution by State

Cyperus haspan L.

CYHA

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Virginia distribution information North Carolina distribution information Tennessee distribution information linked offsite at Univerity of Tennessee Herbarium Arkansas distribution information South Carolina distribution information Florida distribution information linked offsite at USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants Georgia distribution information
Related Taxa:
Cyperus haspan L.

View 35 genera in Cyperaceae, 125 species in Cyperus

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Classification:
Cyperus haspan L.

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
                   Subclass Commelinidae –
                      Order Cyperales –
                         Family Cyperaceae – Sedge family
                            Genus Cyperus L. – flatsedge
                               Species Cyperus haspan L. – haspan flatsedge

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Invasive Information:
Cyperus haspan L.
        haspan flatsedge
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
HEAR   USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information Index for Selected Alien Plants in Hawaii (http://www.hear.org, October 20, 1999). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
 

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus haspan L.
Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW+,OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO OBL FACW+

Wetland Data InformationInterpreting wetland indicator status

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Cyperus haspan L.

View species account or photographs from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39930.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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