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#558740 05/28/23 12:32 PM

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the "grass" in our pond

I think this might be cattails, but I've not seen the cattail blooms. I thought they would be out by now?

"Truth is as subjective as reality."

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Re: the "grass" in our pond Mama Rachael #558799 05/30/23 09:37 AM
Joined: May 2023 Posts: 23 SE Ohio, USA B Broadwell Hill
Broadwell Hill B Joined: May 2023 Posts: 23 SE Ohio, USA	It looks like a sedge ... "sedges have edges". https://aquaplant.tamu.edu/plant-identification/alphabetical-index/sedges/ Can you please teach me how to upload photos? I am having a heck of a time. Thanks.

Re: the "grass" in our pond Mama Rachael #558802 05/30/23 10:05 AM
Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 16 Likes: 1 Waco, tx M Mama Rachael
Mama Rachael M Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 16 Likes: 1 Waco, tx	I followed the directions in the other post, this one https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=213587#Post213587 Thank you! I need to get better pictures and I'm watching for blooms of whatever kind. I just know our pond is full of them! "Truth is as subjective as reality."

Re: the "grass" in our pond Mama Rachael #558943 06/04/23 12:24 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,676 Likes: 509 40 N, 82 1/2 W Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 14,676 Likes: 509 40 N, 82 1/2 W	Not cattails. I agree they look like sedges. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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