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Cyperus grayi Gray's Flatsedge


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: Acidic soils.


Form/Color To 16", blooms and fruits in July-October. Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance.


Urban Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance.


Habitat: Dry, sandy soil or fill, open areas,


beaches.
Ecosystem
Services:


Hydrology: Moderately drought tolerant.


Ornamental
Value: Compatibility:


Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Grows in dry sterile soil where many


other plants can't.
Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:


Danthonia compressa Flattened Oatgrass


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: FACU Soil: pH 4.8-7.0


Form/Color To 8", flowering stems to 32", leaves Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
short, fine, densely tufted, blooms and Tolerance: tolerance.


fruits in June-August.


Urban Adapted to coarse, medium, and fine
Tolerance: soils, no tolerance of soil compaction.


Habitat: Moist to dry open woods.


Ecosystem Wildlife value low.
Services:


Hydrology: Moderately drought tolerant.


Ornamental Low growing grass with long flowering
Value: stem. Compatibility: Not a known allelopath, moderate


grower, no vegetative spread.


Salt Intolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Often infected by an endophytic


fungus.
Shade Tolerant of partial shade.
Tolerance:

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