sedge

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Backyards full of wispy sedge grass, verdant moss, and wildflower meadows are helping bring gardens and green spaces back to life.

From National Geographic • Jul. 20, 2023

The logs are covered in mulch, on which crews planted more than 30,000 native plants, shrubs and trees: Nootka rose, snowberry, cottonwoods, Lyngbye’s sedge, beach grass.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2023

At Hazelwood, on the shores of Lough Gill, I walked through a Jurassic-like forest of bramble, sedge and fern, and trees jacketed in soft moss.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022

In the 1990s, the shore was covered with sedge and the lake bottom was strewn with the rounded shells of native mollusks.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 20, 2021

Rhythmically, without haste, it sucked down a floating sedge fly and sank back under water.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams