My angular material date range picker is not working and doesn't provide an icon to select

Question

I've copied the identical code from StackBlitz and the material date range picker isn't working in my app.

here is the exact code I'm using:

<mat-form-field appearance="fill">
  <mat-label>Enter a date range</mat-label>
  <mat-date-range-input [rangePicker]="picker">
    <input matStartDate placeholder="Start date">
    <input matEndDate placeholder="End date">
  </mat-date-range-input>
  <mat-datepicker-toggle matSuffix [for]="picker"></mat-datepicker-toggle>
  <mat-date-range-picker #picker></mat-date-range-picker>
</mat-form-field>

And this is what it looks like...it's only an input field but there's no data range picker to select from

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Angular CLI: 9.1.12
Node: 10.16.0
OS: darwin x64

Angular: 9.1.12
... animations, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... language-service, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic
... router
Ivy Workspace: Yes

Package                           Version
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@angular-devkit/architect         0.901.12
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.901.12
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.901.12
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.901.12
@angular-devkit/core              9.1.12
@angular-devkit/schematics        9.1.12
@angular/cdk                      9.2.4
@angular/fire                     5.4.2
@angular/material                 9.2.4
@ngtools/webpack                  9.1.12
@schematics/angular               9.1.12
@schematics/update                0.901.12
rxjs                              6.5.5
typescript                        3.8.3
webpack                           4.42.0

I'd like to be able to select the range picker and let the user select the data range.