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Umbrella Flatsedge

(Cyperus diandrus)

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Description

Umbrella flatsedge is found on moist to wet, sandy or peaty shorelines throughout New England. Its spikes are distinctive for the fact that the scales are outlined in a rust-colored pigment, but the interior part of the scale is not colored. This gives the spikes a herringbone quality.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Cyperaceae
Genus:Cyperus
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