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TROPICAL BULRUSH 

 (Scirpus 



cubensis) 



Fresh marshes, 

 both inland and 

 coastal, from 

 Texas to Florida. 



Sharply three- 

 edged stems with 

 several long 

 leaves near the 

 bottom are knee- 

 high to thigh- 

 high. 



Reddish-green 

 heads resemble 

 those of some 

 kinds of cyperus 

 but the scales 

 stick out in all 

 directions. 



SHORE CYPERUS 

 (Cyperus aristatus; formerly 

 inf lexus) 



On wet shores of lakes 

 ponds and streams from British 

 Columbia to New Brunswick, 

 California, Texas and Florida; 

 maturing from mid-summer to fall. 



Stems are ankle-high or a 

 little higher and usually grow 

 in clumps. Scales are in one 

 plane in two rows on each final 

 branch of a head. 



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