Carried by 0 nurseries
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Cyperus esculentus is part of the sedge family found widespread across much of the world, in California it can often be found in disturbed habitats. In some parts of the world it is cultivated for its edible tubers.
It is very difficult to control once established, since it is resistant to most chemical treatments and mechanical or manual methods of control do not typically eliminate all the abundant tubers from which it regenerates.
Grass
8 in Tall
Upright
Fast
Green
Summer
High
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.
Weed (disturbed places), Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 1 likely
Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris
Javelin Moth
Bactra verutana