Cyperus

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Cyperaceae Cyperus
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Sara, 8.5 km (by air) NNW of
La Belgica, 5.75 km (by air) NNW of bridge over Rio Pirai.
17°29’30”S, 63°14’33”W. alt. 320 m.
Flat, fine-sandy soil. Brushy area, formerly semi-deciduous
forest, with small native trees (Rhamnidium elaeocarpum,
Trichilia elegans, Sapium haematospermum, and the vine
Tetracera parviflord) in fringe between pastures and sugar
cane fields (Saccarhum qfficinarum), and unshaded sandy
roadside with some loose blown sand and plants typical of
sandy areas in floodplain along seasonally flooded streams
in the region (Praxelis clematidea) or natural sandy
grasslands (Sebastiania).
Loose sandy soil, full sun. Heads light green.
Coll.: M. Nee 57382
26 Dec. 2010
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