naturalizedCyperaceae
Cyperus papyrus
Papyrus sedge
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Cyperus papyrus (papyrus sedge, paper reed, Indian matting plant, Nile grass) is a species of aquatic flowering plant belonging to the sedge family Cyperaceae. It is a tender herbaceous perennial, native to Africa, and forms tall stands of reed-like swamp vegetation in shallow water.
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Seasonality
Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 23 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 81 · GBIF 56 records
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 39 · GBIF 25 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 9 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 2
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 2
Honomakaʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1
Makaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 1
Lumahaʻi · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuGBIF 1