Sedges

sedges : Plants of the family Cyperacae that resemble grasses, but have solid stems ...

Marshes may support the growth of emergent plants such as cattails, bulrushes, reeds, sedges, pickerelweed, arrowhead, or arrow arum; floating-leaved plants like water lilies and pondweeds; floating plants such as duckweeds; and submergents.

Tiller A branch formed at or near ground level by grasses and sedges.

marsh A marsh is commonly differentiated from a swamp on the basis of its herbaceous vegetation (grasses, sedges, reeds, etc.) in contrast to the tree vegetation of swamps.

Periodically flooded or continually wet areas having the surface not deeply submerged. It is covered dominantly with sedges, cattails, rushes, or other hydrophytic plants. Subclasses include freshwater and saltwater marshes. See also swamp.

This initial stage is replaced by invading sedges and grasses and in turn by shrubs, including Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum), leather leaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata), sweet gale (Myrica gale), alder (Alnus spp.), ...

A poorly drained, wet area with very acidic (ph 4.0 or less), peaty soil. Bogs receive little or no ground water influence and support vegetation such as sedges, mosses, orchids and black spruce.
Boulder
A very large piece of rock.

See also: Organic, Water, Fungi, Nutrient, Environment