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Wetland Plant ID
Colorado Wetland Plant ID
10
Biology
Not Applicable
06/12/2013

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Term

SEDGE

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Definition

SEDGE

- closed sheath

- triangular culm

- scaley inflorescense 

- 3 leaves

- florets terminal or lateral

Term

RUSH

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Definition

RUSH

- solid stem

- circular culm

- closed sheath

- leaves

- whorled floret

Term

GRASS

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Definition

GRASS

- open sheath

- circular culum

- presence of node above sheath 

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Definition

RUSH

(Scouringrish horsetail)

- wet sandy or gravelly substrate

- ditches

- roadside and streamside

- dense colornies

- joined, tough stems

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Definition

RUSH

(scouring rush)

- 6-55cm tall

- lake shores

- river banks

- wet meadows

- tough stems, jointed

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Definition

RUSH

(arctic rush)

- wet meadows

- irrigation ditches

- swales, lakes, rivers

- very common

- plains to moderate elevation

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Definition

RUSH

(toad rush)

- disturbed wet meadow

- roadside

- muddy or drying ponds

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RUSH

(roundfruit rush)

- disturbed ground

- ditches, roadsides, alkaline soils

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Definition

RUSH

(sworldleaf rush)

- common

- wet meadows, marshes, lakes, floodplains

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