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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
  • native
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