Cyperus microiria: A new addition to the flora of Connecticut

1 Pages·1999·0.41 MB·English

by  T M Zebryk

RHODORA,
Vol. 101, No. 907, 302, 1999
pp.
NEW
ENGLAND NOTE
NEW
CYPERUS A ADDITION TO THE
MICROIRIA:
FLORA OF CONNECTICUT
Tad
M. Zebryk
MA
Longmeadow,
63 Hillside Drive, East 01028
Cyperus
microiria Steudel (Cyperaceae). Hartford County:
Windsor, Huckleberry Road, waste town
area moist
at landfill,
loamy
acidic fine sand, rare, 18 Sep 1998, Zebryk 5760 (nebc,
Determined by Gordon
C. Tucker, Eastern
sity.
While
and Town
vicinity for the of Windsor.
an unusual Cyperus was noted among
ticut, other ruderal species
Town
Windsor
the adjacent Bearing
at Landfill. a resem-
distinct
somewhat
blance to C. iria L., a invasive Eurasian com-
species
mon
throughout the southeastern unknown
U.S., specimen
this
was
determined be
to C. microiria, an annual
native China,
to
Korea, and Japan.
Apparently
a rare adventive in eastern North America, Cyperus
New
microiria has previously been
reported York
in City, Phi-
and
ladelphia, recently in Kentucky. The from Windsor
collection
known New
only the second from England
is
(G. Tucker,
pers.
comm.), the being from Wayland,
first Massachusetts Ada-
(P.
Wayland,
Middlesex
The Windsor
landfill at
and
species, including Cyperus esculentus
L., Froelichia
gracilis
Moq.,
Setaria glauca (L
Microstegium
A. Camus, and Cirsium arvense
Scop. At
(L.)
the present time,
known
similar
the South, or the widespread
C. esculentus.
Certainly the small
population Windsor,
at if it persists, worth monitoring
is to eval-
uate the potential impact of
this species in our
region.
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