SEDGE
(sehj)
A
plant which grows in dense tufts in marshy places
Common
clues: Marsh
plant; Grasslike plant; Bulrush, e.g.; Papyrus's family; It's a
rush; Swamp grass
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The
family Cyperaceae, or the sedges, is a taxon of monocot flowering
plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family
is large, with some 4,000 species described in about 70 genera.
These species are widely distributed, with the centers of
diversity for the group occurring in tropical Asia and tropical
South America. While sedges may be found growing in all kinds of
situations, many are associated with wetlands, or with poor
soils.
Cyperus
polystachyos flower head
Some
well-known sedges include the water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)
and the papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus), from which the Ancient
Egyptian writing material was made. This family also includes
cotton-grass (Eriophorum), spike-rush (Eleocharis), sawgrass
(Cladium), nutsedge or nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus, a common lawn
weed), the large genus of Carex, and white star sedge
(Rhynchospora colorata).
Features
distinguishing members of the sedge family from grasses or rushes
is that members of the sedge family have triangular stems (with
occasional exceptions), and their leaves are spirally arranged in
three ranks (grasses have alternate leaves forming two ranks).
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article "Cyperaceae".
SEDGE
(76)
28 Tu >1 05 Marsh plant CALLA
8
>1 79 Grasslike plant
6
Mo+ >1 09 Marsh grass
3
We+ >1 06 Bulrush, e.g.
3
Mo+ >1 96 Papyrus plant
3
Fr- >1 08 Papyrus's family
2
Th >1 92 Grassy plant
2
Fr >1 00 It's a rush
02
Marsh growth REEDS
2
Fr- >1 01 Marsh plants REEDS
2
Fr- >1 00 Rushlike plant
2
We- >1 06 Swamp grass
2
Th- LAT 03 Swamp plant
1
Fr NYT 98 Bulrush
1
Mo NYT 02 Everglades grass
1
Mo LAT 96 Marshy herb
1
Th WaP 02 Papyrus plant, e.g.
1
Th NYT 95 Papyrus' family
1
We CSy 01 Papyrus, cotton grass, or hassock
1
We NYT 57 Rough grass
1
Th WaP 01 Swamp reed
1
Fr CSy 05 Tufted plant
1
We CSy 07 Tufted swamp plant
1
We CSy 09 Tufted swamp thing
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