Pasture Flatsedge

Cyperus brevifolioides

Not native to Kentucky

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

6CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Cyperus

Bactra verutanaJavelin Moth
Diploschizia impigritellaYellow Nutsedge Moth
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Euphyes vestrisDun Skipper, Dun Sedge Skipper, Sedge Witch)\
Globia oblongaOblong Sedge Borer Moth, Large Noagria
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

22BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Cyperus

Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
Anas acutaNorthern Pintail
Anser albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose
Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
Aythya affinisLesser Scaup
Aythya collarisRing-necked Duck
Aythya valisineriaCanvasback
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
Columbina passerinaCommon Ground Dove

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Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
Dendrocygna bicolorFulvous Whistling-Duck
Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
Gallinula galeataCommon Gallinule
Mareca americanaAmerican Wigeon
Mareca streperaGadwall
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird
Pooecetes gramineusVesper Sparrow
Porzana carolinaSora
Spizella pusillaField Sparrow
Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Cyperaceae
Flower color: Not applicable

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Not applicable” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 1.66667 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Light · “Partial shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia

Also known as

Asiatic Green Head Sedge; Kyllinga gracillima

Conservation status

Kentucky rank	Not available
Global rank	GNR
KY status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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