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Sedge (Umbrella)

Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species: C. eragrostis
Binomial name: Cyperus eragrostis
Synonyms: Cyperus vegetus
Common names: Umbrella sedge,  tall flatsedge and pale galingale.

Cyperus eragrostis is a species of sedge  It is a green perennial grass with tall, erect  triangular in cross-section stems, and long, thin, pointed leaves. Full grown plants are about 25–90cm tall (from ground to seed head).Its flowers are in light yellow-green clusters within tough, rounded, greenish-yellow or beige spikelets. This species is originally native to the western United States but it has become naturalized across North America, Europe, and parts of South America , Australia and New Zealand. It can become a weed where it is introduced; it has been known to infest rice fields.  It reproduces by seeds and by rhizomes.

Cyperus eragrostis It is classed by the Department of Conservation as a Class C invasive weed,  meaning it is potentially troublesome and should not be spread aroundn and to remove small infestations.






 

 

 

 


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