Leafy Twig-rush

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Cladium procerum

Leafy Twig-rush, a reference photo
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Cladium procerum, known commonly as the leafy twigrush, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is found mostly in swampland and on the margins of lakes. It grows up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) tall. It was described by Stanley Thatcher Blake in 1943.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Leafy Twig-rush 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
Cladium
Species
Cladium procerum

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