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The annual sedge typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.75 metres (0.3 to 2.5 ft) and has a tufted habit. It blooms between May and December and produces green-yellow-brown flowers. [3] The erect and glabrous grass has fine and numerous roots. It as slender or rigidulous, trigonous stems that are 0.5 to 2.0 millimetres (0.020 to 0.079 in) thick.
Cyperus albostriatus (dwarf umbrella sedge), formerly called C. diffusus) [14] Cyperus haspan [15] Cyperus longus [14] [16] Cyperus papyrus (papyrus) [14] Some Cyperus species are used in folk medicine. Roots of Near East species were a component of kyphi, a medical incense of Ancient Egypt. Tubers of C. rotundus (purple nut-sedge) tubers are ...
The sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge warblers are migratory, crossing the Sahara to get from their European and Asian breeding grounds to spend winter in Africa. The male's song ...
The annual or short-lived perennial sedge typically grows to a height of 0.35 to 0.8 metres (1.15 to 2.62 ft). It blooms between late spring and early fall producing reddish-brown flowers. It blooms between late spring and early fall producing reddish-brown flowers.
Cyperus polystachyos, also known as Pycreus polystachyos, and also called manyspike flatsedge in the US, [3] or bunchy sedge, [4] [5] coast flatsedge, many-spiked sedge or Texas sedge in Australia, [5] is a herbaceous species in the family Cyperaceae, widespread in tropical and subtropical areas around the world, sometimes extending its range into temperate regions.
The annual sedge typically grows to a height of 2.5 to 15 centimetres (0.98 to 5.91 in) and has a tufted habit. In Australia it blooms between February and August producing green-yellow-brown flowers. [4]
The sedge wren (Cistothorus stellaris) is a small and secretive passerine bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is widely distributed in North America. It is widely distributed in North America. It is often found in wet grasslands and meadows where it nests in the tall grasses and sedges and feeds on insects.
The spreading to prostrate annual herb sedge typically grows to a height of 5 centimetres (1.97 in). [2] It has reddish coloured roots and smooth, triquetrous culms that are 1 to 20 cm (0.39 to 7.87 in) in height and with a diameter of 1.5 mm (0.059 in). The leaves are most often no longer than the culms. [1]