Cyperus microiria: A new addition to the flora of Connecticut PDF
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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. 302
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