sedges in English

noun
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a grasslike plant with triangular stems and inconspicuous flowers, growing typically in wet ground. Sedges are widely distributed throughout temperate and cold regions.
Grasses, sedges and bamboos are grown mostly for their foliage and anything that enhances that effect is worth having.

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1. Bulrush (plural Bulrushes) Any of several wetland plants, mostly in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges): (Americas) Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets

2. Caddisflies are also called Sedges by anglers – or just Caddises or simply caddis. Sedges go through a complete metamorphosis, which means four stages – egg, larva, pupa, adult

3. The species typically grows on soil among grasses and sedges along the margins of alkaline ponds ...

4. These grasslands contain many species of wild plants, including grasses, sedges, rushes, and herbs; 25 or more species per square meter is not unusual.

5. Culm In Gramineae and Cyperaceae, a jointed stem that may be hollow (in many grasses), filled with pith (in some grasses), or solid (in most sedges)

6. The region has a four-month growing season during which grasses, sedges, and medicinal herbs grow abundantly and support a host of insects, wild and domestic herbivores, larks, and finches.

7. American Bitterns seem to prefer to breed in extensive freshwater marshes, especially those with dense stands of cattails and thick patches of bulrushes, grasses and sedges and pockets of open water

8. Blindside Herbicide WDG is a selective post-emergent controlling over 70 broad-leaf weeds and sedges by selectively working its way up through the roots as well as attacking through foliar contact

9. Anemophily or wind pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind. Almost all gymnosperms are anemophilous, as are many plants in the order Poales, including grasses, sedges and rushes

10. Maintained areas of grasses and sedges routinely mowed: Aerial photographs of the island clearly display large areas of grasslands and park-like savanna upon which the United States military has constructed large outdoor facilities such as antenna fields and the airport.

11. Astilbe Astilbe cultivars Basket-of-gold Aurinia saxatilis Heartleaf bergenia Bergnia cordifolia Sun rose Helianthemum nummularium Sedges Carex species Ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris Daylilies Hemorocallis hybrids Coreopsis Coreopsis species Campanulas Campanula species Coral bells Heuchera species Hosta lilies Hosta species Cranesbill

12. Bog definition is - wet spongy ground; especially : a poorly drained usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material, frequently surrounding a body of open water, and having a characteristic flora (as of sedges, heaths, and sphagnum)

13. ‘In this subzone, herbaceous dicots, grasses, rushes, and Cryptogams are dominant, and woody plants and sedges are absent.’ ‘Students rotated from one scientist to another, assisting with data collection, and gained insight into each scientist's particular area (wetland ecology, Cryptogams, syntaxonomy, floristics, or natural history).’