#sedge grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
supertype: marsh_plant__marshplant__bog_plant__bogplant__swamp_plant__swampplant a semi-aquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
member of: family_Cyperaceae
subtype: umbrella_sedge__umbrella_plant__Cyperus_alternifolius African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
subtype: chufa__yellow_nutgrass__earth_almond__earthalmond__groundalmond__rush_nut__Cyperus_esculentus European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
subtype: galingale__galangal__Cyperus_longus European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
subtype: Cyperus_papyrus__papyrus__Egyptian_paper_reed__paper_rush__paperrush tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
subtype: nutgrass__nut_grass__nutgras__nut_sedge__nutsedge__Cyperus_rotundus a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
subtype: sand_sedge__sand_reed__Carex_arenaria European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
subtype: cypress_sedge__cypresssedge__Carex_pseudocyperus tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
subtype: cotton_grass__cotton_rush any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
subtype: common_cotton_grass__Eriophorum_angustifolium having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes
subtype: hardstem_bulrush__hardstemmed_bulrush__hardstemmedbulrush__Scirpus_acutus widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
subtype: wool_grass__Scirpus_cyperinus sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
subtype: spike_rush__spikerush a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
subtype: Chinese_water_chestnut__water_chestnut__waterchestnut__Eleocharis_dulcis Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
subtype: needle_spike_rush__needle_rush__slender_spike_rush__slenderspikerush__hair_grass__Eleocharis_acicularis fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
subtype: creeping_spike_rush__Eleocharis_palustris cylindrical-stemmed sedge
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