Nut Grass (other)
Nut grass or nutgrass may refer to: *'' Cyperus eragrostis'', tall nutgrass *''Cyperus esculentus'', yellow nutsedge, yellow nutgrass *'' Cyperus rotundus ''Cyperus rotundus'' (coco-grass, Java grass, nut grass, purple nut sedge or purple nutsedge, red nut sedge, Khmer ''kravanh chruk''Martin, Robert & Pol Chanthy, 2009''Weeds of Upland Cambodia'', ACIAR Monagraph 141, Canberra.) is a species of ...

Cyperus Eragrostis
''Cyperus eragrostis'' is a species of sedge known by several common names, including tall flatsedge, nutgrass, tall nutgrass, umbrella sedge, chufa, Earth almond, zula nuts, edible galingale and pale galingale. Distribution This species is native to the West Coast of North America from California to Washington, the Southeastern United States, Jamaica, and South America.''Cyperus eragrostis'' in Flora of North America @ efloras.org
. accessed 1.23.2013 It has become naturalized elsewhere in some regions in the northeastern and southeastern U.S., ,

Cyperus Esculentus
''Cyperus esculentus'' (also called chufa, tiger nut, atadwe, yellow nutsedge, and earth almond) is a species of plant in the Cyperaceae, sedge family widespread across much of the world. It is found in most of the Eastern Hemisphere, including Southern Europe, Africa and Madagascar, as well as the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. ''C. esculentus'' is cultivated for its edible tubers, called earth almonds or tiger nuts (due to the stripes on their tubers and their hard shell), as a snack food and for the preparation of ''horchata, horchata de chufa'', a sweet, milk-like beverage. ''Cyperus esculentus'' can be found wild, as a weed, or as a crop. It is an invasive species outside its native range, and is readily transported accidentally to become invasive. In many countries, ''C. esculentus'' is considered a weed. It is often found in wet soils such as rice paddies and peanut farms as well as well-irrigated lawns and golf courses during warm weather. Description ...
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