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Carex comosa ~ longhair sedge

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Characteristics:

OBL
Michigan C Value: 5
some perigynia are reflexed
perigynia teeth are long (1.2–2.0mm)
perigynia up to 100+ per spikelet
perigynia glabrous, not inflated, yellow–green
culms densely cespitose
culms up to 1.5m, stout
spikes are relatively large
in bloom from early May to late June
native

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