sedge

Converse of subject

• dominate: Basic flushes are dominated by sedges accompanied by rushes, a few grass species and some choice herbs.

Converse of object

• include: The meadow floods regularly, as indicated by the damp-loving grasses, including the uncommon brown sedge.

Adjective modifier

• glaucous: In the typical rushy grassland sedges are sparse, but in the more diverse areas glaucous sedge is prominent.
• pendulous: Alder and willow predominate in the wet valley bottom, with a ground flora of golden saxifrage, yellow flag and pendulous sedge.
• carnation: The flushes are typically dominated by a range of small sedges such as carnation sedge and long-stalked yellow sedge.
• stiff: On Pen-y-ghent either mat-grass or purple moor-grass dominate the grassland and higher up this contains stiff sedge Carex bigelowii.
• yellow: Moreover the taxonomy of the related yellow sedges has been confused by the different approaches of various authors.
• rare: The rare broad-leaved cotton sedge also occurs below the Belmore cliffs.

Modifies a noun

• warbler: A close relative of the sedge warbler with a rather similar song style.
• fen: Sedge fen - low nutrients, high diversity Saw sedge is the main plant species in these areas.
• bed: The Trust manages the sedge bed close to the car park.
• specie: We added quite a few new grass and sedge species to the lists.
• pattern: Sedge patterns work well once the weather warms as spring moves into summer.
• field: In the distance is a working sedge field, cut every three years in the summer.

Noun used with modifier

• tussock: Typical of some sections of the river are the distinctive towers of the great tussock sedge.
• deer: The southern part is dry, with poor bog moss cover, short common heather, deer sedge, cross-leaved heath and Cladonia lichens.
• flea: This has a low sedge sward, dominated by carnation sedge, with abundant common yellow sedge and occasionally flea sedge.
• cotton: Patches of acid peat with heather and acid grasses or with cotton sedge are found on the remnants of the former bogs.
• saw: Uncommon plants such as saw sedge, greater meadow rue and marsh valerian are found in the meadow.
• bottle: Species include bottle sedge, common cotton sedge, devil's-bit scabious and marsh violet growing over layers of Sphagnum mosses and brown mosses.