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Monday Morning Mystery 083115
Alice Leurck writes:
I had photographed this weed along Parnell's Path on 7/25/2015, and fleetingly wondered what it was. Never got around to trying to figure it out.
There it was at Teaneck Creek, and Don Torino identified it as …
Well, there's your mystery. (Thanks, Alice!)
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“Weed” ? ? ? ?
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Also called “Chufa” – edible.
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“Nut Sedge” or Cyperus esculentus
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“Weed” ? ? ? ?
Deedee Burnside
Also called “Chufa” – edible.
Deedee Burnside
“Nut Sedge” or Cyperus esculentus