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Plant type

Grass or grass like
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Leaf arrangement

I do not know

folded in bud
rolled in bud
I do not know

Ligule

membrane
hairy
none
I do not know

Ligule length

none
less than 1 mm
1-2 mm
2-3 mm
more than 3 mm
I do not know

Leaf hair on surface

no hairs
hairs from base to tip
hairs on basal half only
I do not know

Mature leaf Width

6 to 15 mm

less than 5 mm
6 to 15 mm
more than 15 mm
I do not know

Auricle

not present
present
I do not know

Stem

triangle

flat or oval
round
triangle
I do not know

Root structure

I do not know

fibrous
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
rhizomes present
stolons present
I do not know

Seedhead

bristly
spike
branched spike
flowers
spiny burs
multiple spikes
panicle
I do not know

Lifecycle

perennial

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Common name

(7 weeds)
eastern woodland sedge
greater bladder sedge
hairyfruit sedge
nutgrass
pasture spikesedge
shallow sedge
yellow nutsedge

Scientific Name

(7 weeds)
Carex blanda
Carex intumescens
Carex lurida
Carex trichocarpa
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus rotundus
Kyllinga gracillima

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