Common Name: foxtail flatsedge
Family: Cyperaceae
Common Synonyms: none
USDA Hardiness Zone: NA
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Origin: Pantropical
FISC Category: -
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: 1996
IFAS Assessment:
Large, perennial, rhizomatous, sedge. Culms triangular and glabrous to 3.5 m tall. Leaves broad to 1.5 m tall, margins serrated and sharp. Inflorescence branched with densely clustered spikes (golden brown) surrounded by broad bracts up to 2 m long. Flowers in summer. Achenes dark brown, sessile, biconvex with 2 stigmas.
Wet disturbed sites
"IFAS notes: ""rarely found in wet, disturbed sites in Hillsborough, Polk, and Hardee counties"""
No specific recommendations available, herbaceous plants can generally be treated with foliar application of glyphosate. **Follow herbicide labels: Only herbicides registered for application in water by EPA and FDACS may be applied to weeds growing in or near water.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America North of Mexico. 16+ vols. New York and Oxford.
IFAS, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. 2013. Foxtail flatsedge. http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/117. Accessed on December 6, 2013.