indigenousCyperaceae
Cyperus polystachyos
Bunchy flat-sedge
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Cyperus polystachyos, also known as Pycreus polystachyos and commonly known as bunchy sedge, many-spiked sedge, or Texas sedge, is a herbaceous species in the family Cyperaceae, widespread in tropical and subtropical areas around the world, sometimes extending its range into temperate regions. In the United States, it has been reported from a region from Texas to Maine.
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Seasonality
Only 16 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 · 95 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 288 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 59 · GBIF 63 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 30 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 17 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 8 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 7 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokalani · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 3
Kalawao · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moʻoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nienie · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 2
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Niupea, Kealakaha · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuGBIF 2
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pāpaʻaʻea · MauiiNat 1
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1
ʻAlaenui · MauiGBIF 1
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Makaweli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahauloa 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaunolū · LānaʻiGBIF 1
ʻAlaeiki · MauiGBIF 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Paeahu · MauiGBIF 1
Punaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaunala · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipake · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 1
Kaohai · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Honuʻapo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaimū · HawaiʻiGBIF 1