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Can anyone ID this grass?

 
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Distinctive bunches, probably around 30 inches tall, but I have seen it taller in places near water. The leaves are very round.
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I remember a short story once that had a title something like "Sweet Switchgrass" about a boy in Georgia.

I feel that is your grass though I am not sure what variety:

https://georgiaforages.caes.uga.edu/species-and-varieties/warm-season/switchgrass.html

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Since you said you see it near water, I will posit that it is a common rush  (Juncus effusus)

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yup, it’s a rush. i’ve got them some of my wetter spots, too.
 
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Hi I have a similar rush but the seedheads don't look like the common rush pictures online. It's flat about 2ft in diameter, feeling smooth like human hair. Do you have any idea what kind of rush it is? Thanks.
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If those strands are flat rather than round, I'm wondering if it's a sedge. They clump and have distinct seeds heads as do rushes, but "sedges have edges" as a horticulturist friend told me, and that one looks like it has "edges."

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It could be a mace sedge (carex grayi) or troublesome sedge (carex molesta)

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Mercy Pergande wrote:If those strands are flat rather than round, I'm wondering if it's a sedge. They clump and have distinct seeds heads as do rushes, but "sedges have edges" as a horticulturist friend told me, and that one looks like it has "edges."


Yes, the leaves are flat and slender only 1/10 of an inch wide. So it's a sedge. Thanks.

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