Included in this key are only those species found in the area surveyed at Buttermilk Falls State Park.

 

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Vascular Plants of the Gorge at
Buttermilk Falls State Park (Ithaca, NY)

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Graminoids (Grasses and Rushes)
     
 
Stems of the plant are round or flattened in cross-section,
not triangular. Flowers are
typically bisexual.
(Click one of the pictures below that corresponds to your choice.)
   
Flowers are usually concealed
in part by
scales, and arranged
in two vertical series (2-ranked).
Leaves are also arranged in
two vertical series.
Fruit is a
grain (single-seeded).
(Grasses)
   
Flowers are not, or only
partially, concealed by
scales. Leaves are not
arranged in two vertical
series (ranks). Fruit is a
3 to many seeded
capsule.
(Rushes)
   

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