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Nutsedge, Yellow

yellow nutsedge flower cluster
yellow nutsedge

Cyperus esculentus L.

Life Cycle: native perennial, reproducing by seed (rare) and tubers (nutlets) at end of short, scaly rhizomes.

For more information about this specific weed, please refer to the Umass Extension Weed Herbarium

Last Updated: 
January 2013

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