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- These characteristics make sedges easy to identify!
- A close look at the foliage
- Flower and fruit stands as a determinant
- Still insecure? Here are the features of the most famous types of sedge!
- Tips
A look at foliage and ears of corn can provide information about the type of sedge
These characteristics make sedges easy to identify!
Sedges are not sweet grasses, but so-called sour grasses. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to pin down as a layman if the number of species is around 2,000. With these hints, you can figure out which sedges are in each case with your finds!
Previous article Cut the sedge: Less is moreA close look at the foliage
Anyone who has the eye for sedges will easily recognize them. There are some essentials that all sedge species have in common and which one can recognize well as a layman.
This is they:
Flower and fruit stands as a determinant
If you are sure that it is a sedge, look at the flowers! At its height, sedges are the easiest to determine. The following species are common and most common among the single-species, though rare in this country:
Furthermore, there are uniform sedge, which count numerous representatives. These include the fox sedge, creeping sedge, panicle sedge, tender sedge and sting sedge. The stalks have at the time of flowering on several ears, which are designed similar.
For example, the well-known Morgenstern sedge belongs to the various sedge. Also the popular gold sedge, palm sedge, forest sedge, mountain sedge, hanging sedge and the shore sedge count. Their ears are designed differently - some are longer, the others shorter or thicker, ...
Still insecure? Here are the features of the most famous types of sedge!
These sedges are planted by gardeners most often, require little care and also tolerate cutbacks:
Tips
Play it safe, if you use a determination key for sedges, for example from the Internet!