Marsh Fimbry
Fimbristylis castanea (Michaux) Vahl
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Marsh fimbry
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Fimbristylis
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F. castanea
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Fimbristylis castanea

Fimbristylis castanea, commonly known as marsh fimbry or saltmarsh fimbristylis, is a perennial sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to the United States of America.

Description

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Fimbristylis castanea commonly grows up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in height, forming thick clumps.[1] Its narrow leaves grow from the base of the plant. They are dark brown and sturdy at the base and grow from one half to two thirds of the plant's height in length.[2] The small flowers of the sedge are hidden behind dark, glossy, brown scales that form budlike spikelets.[3]

Distribution and habitat

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It is found in the south eastern states from Texas extending east and north around the coast as far as New York.[4][5]

It commonly grows in salt marshes coastal dunes, and brackish marsh inland, especially near wharves.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Roy L. Lehman (2013). Marine Plants of the Texas Coast (illustrated ed.). Texas A&M University Press. p. 45. ISBN 9781623490164.
  2. ^ a b Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2003). Flora of North America: Volume 23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in Part): Cyperaceae (illustrated, reprint ed.). OUP USA. p. 149. ISBN 9780195152074.
  3. ^ Ralph W. Tiner (2009). Field Guide to Tidal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States and Neighboring Canada: Vegetation of Beaches, Tidal Flats, Rocky Shores, Marshes, Swamps, and Coastal Ponds (illustrated, revised ed.). Univ of Massachusetts Press. p. 218. ISBN 9781558496675.
  4. ^ "Fimbristylis castanea (Michx.) Vahl marsh fimbry". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ^ Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913). An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British Possessions from Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian; Volume 1 of An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions from Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian, Addison Brown. C. Scribner's Sons. p. 320.