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Questions and Answers: 2017

Question: Found in Porter Square, Cambridge. This grass is small.

  • Question

    Found in Porter Square, Cambridge. This grass is small.

    Answer

    Dear whiten, you've photographed a species of Cyperus (flatsedge), a member of the Cyperaceae (sedge family). I can't tell you which species you have without more photographs of the diagnostic traits (such as fruit, underground organs, etc.). You most likely have Cyperus lupulinus (Great Plains flatsedge), a native species of New England.