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Another New Video Added to MG Virtual Classroom!
Native Grasses, Sedges and Rushes for the Home Landscape is now available to view online, in case you missed the live zoom presentations. Continue reading
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Tagged native grasses, Rushes, sedges, Sustainable Landscaping
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Grasses vs. Sedges
Grasses and sedges are both classified as monocots. These are plants whose seeds have one cotyledon (the part that will grow into embryonic leaves), and which possess flower parts in multiples of three, leaves with parallel veins, and scattered vascular bundles. While they resemble each other superficially, grasses are members of the Poaceae family and sedges belong to the Cyperaceae family. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Public Education
Tagged bottlebrush grass, Carex pensylvanica, Carex plantaginea, Chasmanthium latifolium, Elymus hystrix, grasses, Indian grass, Indian woodoats, Little Bluestem, Muhlengergia capillaris, Native grasses and sedges, Panicum virgatum, Pennsylvania sedge, Plaintainleaf sedge, Schizachyrium scoparium, sedges, Sorghastrum nutans, Switchgrass
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