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 #7Clue; Quick, be part of the ocean scene.
Mais oui mon ami!
Too right cobber!
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Congratulations to all of you who guessed Sea club rush (Carex otrubae). Let’s start with the clues! First clue: Quick, be part of the ocean scene. To be quick is to rush, be part of refers to membership of a club and ocean scene, refers to the sea. The second clue: Opt for the cosmopolitan lifestyle and go with the flow. Also known as Cosmopolitan bulbush, seeds from this riparian rush are often transported by water and sometimes travel for long distances! Going with the flow refers to this method of transportation.
The Sea club rush is a perennial plant found mainly in wetland habitats, such as former river beds and salt meadows. It is a flowering member of the Cyprus family. Though this rush is tolerant of saline soils, it ideally prefers sandy soils. It flowers between June and September and can grow up to a metre in height. It has oblong spikelets that are brown in colour. Sea club rushes were once used to make mats and baskets.A picture of Sea club rush is found here. Did you know that: Sea club rush is thought to be a foodstuff of our ancestors, the hunter-gatherers. This foraging strategy disappeared some 10,000 years ago.Keep an eye out for next week’s Mystery Grass & Sedge quiz here soon!
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ClaireN.B Normal service will resume next week and answers will be posted on fridays as I have no more leave for a while :)
Well done, Ray, we knew you'd nailed it right from the word go. I must admit the second clue had me baffled.
Er, MrsT, just to show I do read what you have written, isn't Carex otrubae the latin name for False Fox-sedge which was last week's answer?
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I am glad you spotted my deliberate mistake TJ. Scirpus maritimus is the correct Latin.
Claire
Our fault TJ, we cause too much discombobulation!!!
Clever E!
cheers all
Bit late cos I have taken the wife to Day surgery for small op on her ear
Ray
a good laugh is better than a tonic
Ouch!!
Do hope your wife is recovering well from her op.
thanks MrsT
4 Stitches
she has had an irritation at the top of her ear lobe for some time. They have removed what was causing the trouble and sent it for biopsy
Tell Mrs E that we are soul- mates now ... Mine was at bottom of lobe but only had three stitches!! lol