Prepare to step into the world of grasses and sedges, a world that is perhaps easily overlooked. Yet surprisingly, did you know that grassland habitat covers up to 20% of the vegetation cover of our planet. Next time you are out and about, why not look down and explore the world below your feet. For the next 12 weeks, I will let you reed the clues and wander through the maize of possible answers.Enjoy!MYSTERY GRASS & SEDGE QUIZ #6Clue: This impersonator might confuse Mr Derek.
A creature box = Carex otrubae. A well worked anagram, MrsT
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Tony
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Lost with that
only think of cage or hutch if that helps anyone
Ray
crossed with TJ and well done TJ with false fox sedge
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TJ triumphs!!!
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Clearly I need to be more cunning in my clues.... answer tomorrow.
Oh no, please MrsT, my poor little brain cells can't cope with anything more cunning.
It's a sedge that loves wet boggy areas,my sort of terrain !!
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Congratulations to all of you who guessed False Fox sedge (Carex otrubae). Let’s start with the clues! First clue: This impersonator might confuse Mr Derek. An impersonator is someone/thing trying to be something they are not, it is part of a deception and is therefore a lie and false. Mr Derek refers to Basil Brush’s stooge Mr Derek, portrayed by the wonderful Derek Fowlds. Basil is not only a charming cravat wearing fox, but also my childhood hero. Boom! Boom! The second clue: A creature box. This is simply an anagram of the Latin for False Fox sedge, Carex otrubae.
As a perennial, False Fox sedge is commonly found in wet and boggy places, especially in damp soils around streams and ditches. It forms dense tufts and can grow as tall as 70cm in height. Its leaves are 10mm wide and the flower-heads are made up of upright spikes which flower from June to August. The flowers have green edges and are creamy brown towards the centre.
A picture of False Fox sedge is found here.
Did you know that: False Fox sedge is often confused with True Fox sedge. True Fox sedge is, however, stouter and has sharply angled stems.
Keep an eye out for next week’s Mystery Grass & Sedge quiz here soon!
Take care,
Claire