June 10, 2012
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Southeastern, New Hampshire
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Last year I found a Blue-Eyed Grass and when I went back out to identify the species, the
rain had washed away all of the flowers. There are two important pieces of information
to determining the species: 1) the long bract (spathe) below the flower will either be
sessile or borne on a flower stem (peduncle). If it is borne on a flower stem, there will
usually be 2-5 peduncles per stem; 2) The stems will either have obvious winged margins
or barely-discernable wingled margins.
Key:
- Inflorescences occurring either singly or numbering 2-5 and borne on peduncles.
- Inflorescences numbering 2-5 and borne on peduncles.
- Stem 2.3-5 mm wide and broadly-winged.
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