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unknown grass

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Comment by Steve Woodmansee on November 18, 2015 at 4:38pm

Not a grass, but a sedge in the Cyperaceae.  Hurricane Sedge (Fimbristylis cymosa).  I think it is now considered native.  Grasses, sedges, and rushes are all collectively called "Graminoids", which means shaped like grass.  Grasses are two-ranked, whereas sedges are three-ranked.

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