Cyperus dentatus, also known as toothed flatsedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It is native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia in Canada southward to Virginia in the United States. Disjunct populations occur in western Virginia, southeastern Tennessee, and northwestern Indiana south of Lake Michigan. In the early 19th century, botanists formally described the species based on plants found on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, in the pine barrens of New Jersey, and in New England. Its range was once thought to extend into the southern U.S.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Toothed flatsedge being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
- Species
- Cyperus dentatus
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