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Woolgrass or Marsh Bulrush

Scirpus cyperinus

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39.0016, -77.2476

Field Notes

Description:

Tall grasses in seed, growing on the bank of the C&O Canal.

Habitat:

Canal bank

Reference Links:

Scirpus cyperinus (Woolgrass) | NPIN

Species ID Suggestions

wool grass

Scirpus cyperinus
MeaganKeefe
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Comments (4)
AshleyBradford
Thanks to you both. Peter, I think you're right - I should go back and try to get a closer shot of the seed heads.
PeterChereshnoski
It is hard to tell without a closeup of the head of the plant but it resembles one of my spottings.....Woolgrass. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7186217
annorion
I believe this is another species of sedge.

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PublishedSeptember 26, 2011

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