before reaching water, our dock passes through about 50 meters of cattails and then 25 meters of these reed-like plants. i have the hardest time identifying these wetland plants. and it is no wonder–these bulrushes, called club-rush in europe, are actually not a form of rush at all, but rather a form of sedge. now i understand the source of my confusion.
bulrush (aka common club-rush)
turtle lake, saint paul, minnesota
i think sedges with their triangular stems are so cool
Memory trick I learned in plant ID class – ‘Rushes are round and sedges have edges.’
I love this! Thank you!
I adore your pictures!
I love to kayak through these–they make the best swooooooshing sound as one slowly paddles through.