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Cyperus eragrostis Lam.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Cyperus L. (カヤツリグサ)
Merikengayatsuri (メリケンガヤツリ, 米利堅蚊帳吊), tall flatsedge, (tall) nutgrass, umbrella sedge, chufa, Earth almond, zula nuts, etc.
Life form: perennial sedge
Distribution: western North and South America

naturalized in varous regions, including Japan, (after 1990's in Japan)

Habitat: riparian areas, roadsides ditches, damp grasslands, and other moist habitats
Leaf: deep green, thick
Flowering shoot ≤ 100 cm long
Synonyms:

Cyperus vegetus Willd.

索引

Cyperus eragrostis transplanted in a greenhouse, HU


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] along a paved road near Sumiyoshi Shrine (住吉大社), Osaka, on February 7 2022.

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