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Bamboo

Bambusoideae

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FACT: Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants at 1 inch per 40 minutes or 1 mm every 90 seconds.

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Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. The origin of the word “bamboo” is uncertain, but it probably comes from the Dutch or Portuguese language, which originally borrowed it from Malay or Kannada.[3] In bamboo, as in other grasses, the internodal regions of the stem are usually hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross-section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical […] read more

Sedge Species

Carex spp.

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Fact: Sedges can be confused with grasses, but are found in wet areas and have three-sided stems: remember “Sedges have edges”.

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Carex is a vast genus of almost 2,000 species[2] of grassy plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called “true” sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. […] read more

Grass Species

Poaceae spp.

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Fact: There are > 100 grass species in the boreal forest, many of which have been introduced from Europe and are considered invasive weeds.

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Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses. Poaceae includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and cultivated lawns (turf) and pasture. Grasses have stems that are hollow except at the nodes and narrow alternate leaves borne in two ranks. The lower […] read more

Geonoma schottiana

Arecaceae geonoma schottiana

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FACT: Specimens of this plant were collected by Darwin at Bahia (Salvador) in March 1832.

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Geonoma is a genus of small to medium-sized palms native to the forest understorey of tropical Central and South America. This palm genus is one of the largest in the Neotropics.[1] Its 64 species are distributed from Mexico andHaiti in the north to Paraguay in the south; two are found in the insular Caribbean.[2] The […] read more

Duckweed

Lemnoideae subfamily

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Fact: Duckweed is an important high protein food source for waterfowl. As it contains more protein than soybeans, it is often cited as a potential human food source.

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Graphic by Edward Step (1895)

Duckweeds, or water lens, are flowering aquatic plants which float on or just beneath the surface of still or slow-moving bodies of fresh water and wetlands. Also known as “bayroot,” they arose from within the arum or aroid family (Araceae),[1] and therefore, often are classified as the subfamily Lemnoideae within the Araceae. Classifications created prior […] read more

Yellow Iris

Iris pseudacorus

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Fact: This plant has been used as a form of water treatment since it has the ability to take up heavy metals through its roots.

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Graphic by O.W. Thome (1903)

Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag, yellow iris, water flag) is a species in the genus Iris, of the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet, meaning “false acorus,” refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus, as they have a prominently veined mid-rib and […] read more