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Grasses and Sedges

We say of the oak, ‘How grand of girth!’ Of the willow we say, ‘How slender!’ And yet to the soft grass clothing the earth How slight is the praise we render.

Edgar Fawcett (1847-1904), The Grass

At its most basic level, Grasses belong to the GRAMINEAE or Grass family and Sedges belong to the Cyperus family CYPERACEAE.

Some Plant Types are based on botanical differences (grasses, ferns, slime molds, fungus) while others are just arbitrary groups based on appearance (vines, trees, wildflowers) or popular interest (orchids, carnivorous plants).