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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Cyperaceae (カヤツリグサ科) > Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus L. (カヤツリグサ)Kamigayatsuri (カミガヤツリ,紙蚊帳吊), papyrus sedge, paper reed, Indian matting plant or Nile grassLife form: large, perennial sedge ≈ 4-5 m tall Distribution: in the headstreams of River Nile, central Africa Habitat: aquatic (swamps, river banks, and shallow lakes) Seed dispersal: water (hydrochore) Photosynthesis: C4 |
Use: making paper (by Ancient Egyptians), ornamental Cultivars: cv. nanus, dwarf |
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[1-3] grown in a greenhouse, CAST, HU, on February 24 2017. The background is Cyperus papyrus