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Carex cristatella ~ crested sedge

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Characteristics:

FACW
Michigan C Value: 3
common in Michigan
spikelets crowded, much overlapping in stiff compact head
perigynia 3.5–4mm long
perigynia often strongly spreading or recurved at tips in maturity
scales acute, but bluntish
scales often minutely–notched at tip
nearly globular spikes are formed by the spreading and reflexed perigynia
distinctive appearance
native

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