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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Poaceae
Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw.
rice cut grass
Leersia: for Johann Daniel Leers, 18th century German botanist
oryzoides: like Greek and Latin oryza for rice
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | sprawling perennial, 2-5' tall, semi-aquatic, emergent grass; thin rootstalk |
| Flower: | lemma has stiff hairs, spikelets on branch ends and in upper leaf sheath |
| Fruit: | thin spreading flat spiklets in 3-8 clusters |
| Leaf: | narrow, rough cutting edges with stiff spines |
| Habitat: | wet; marshes, wet meadows, shores, swales |
| (Glossary) |
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