by Sandy Connolly | Jul 24, 2013 | Sedges
This sedge is SO CUTE! Who knows if it’s really Carex scoparia? Anybody? Also very photogenic. I especially love its “fly away” hair.
by Sandy Connolly | Jul 24, 2013 | Sedges
I feel very exotic giving any of these sedges names. I hope someone will offer correction if necessary. I blame Lauren Brown for any mistakes since she makes it seem so easy in her book Grasses: An Identification Guide. I hope I get to meet her someday since she...
by Sandy Connolly | Jul 24, 2013 | Sedges
Once I photographed this sedge and found a name for it, I started to see it everywhere – mainly along the roadsides. Today I saw it in the gardens at the Guilford Free Library, and I’m sure someone will come along and pull it up for a weed. I guess...
by Sandy Connolly | Jul 24, 2013 | Sedges
Sounds to me like a lazy sedge. I came out of a building the other day with Rachel in tow and stumbled over what most other people would be trying to throw weed killer on. It was growing up out of a crack in the sidewalk. My exclamation of “Oh! Look how cute...
by Sandy Connolly | Jul 22, 2013 | Rushes
I love this rush. I saw a drawing of it in Lauren Brown’s book Grasses: An Identification Guide a few years ago and thought it was funny. Imagine my delight when I saw it for real on the path to a falling down hunting cabin in Maine. It was like finding an...
