Scirpus cyperinus

Cyperaceae

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Emergent Herbaceous (Can grow with roots in water), Grass/Grasslike

4 - 5ft

- ft

Brown

Achene (dry, flat seed); Brown

Full Sun

Clay, Loamy, Sandy

Flooded, Moist, Wet

August - September

fresh tidal and nontidal marshes, swamps, forested wetlands, wet meadows, ditches, ponds, bogs; seasonally flooded

grows in large clumps, often extensive colonies