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Cyperus erythrorhizos is a species of sedge known by the common name redroot flatsedge. It is found throughout North America from central Canada to central Mexico. It is a plant of wet areas such as rivers and ditches, generally at low elevations. It gets its common and scientific names from the red color of its roots. This sedge grows to a maximum of a meter in height, but is usually quite a bit shorter. It may have a number of long, wispy leaves around the base of the plant. The flower cluster may contain one to several spikes, each spike containing 20 to over 100 spikelets. Each spikelet is light greenish brown to reddish brown and is made up of up to 30 leafed flowers. The fruit is a glossy achene about a millimeter long.
Grass
2 - 3 ft Tall
Upright
Fast
Green
Summer
Full Sun
High
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
Riverbanks, shores and wet places
Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Javelin Moth
Bactra verutana
Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris