Sedges Poem?
John Blackmer
There is a poem of some sort that contains the line "sedges have edges"
Does anyone know of it? If so, I'd like the details.
Post or e-mail. Thanks
John
Monique Reed
>There is a poem of some sort that contains the line "sedges have edges"
>Does anyone know of it? If so, I'd like the details.
I don't know about a poem, but it's a jingle that we teach our field botany
students to tell the sedges from the grasses and rushes. It works fine, until
you run into Eleocharis ;- )
Monique Reed
Texas A&M University
Samuel M. Scheiner
John Blackmer wrote:
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> There is a poem of some sort that contains the line "sedges have edges"
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> Does anyone know of it? If so, I'd like the details.
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> John
Here is what I learned. Does anyone know of a less risque version that
can be used in these more sensitive times?
"Sedges have edges, rushes are round, and grasses like asses have holes."
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Monique Reed
>Here is what I learned. Does anyone know of a less risque version that
>can be used in these more sensitive times?
>"Sedges have edges, rushes are round, and grasses like asses have holes."
Eek! I could get fired for saying that! Not to mention that several genera
of warm-season grasses have *solid* rather than hollow internodes. Nope,
can't use as is!
We're a clever bunch! Surely if we can't find the original, we can *invent*
some little rhyme to cover field ID of grassy things...
Consider it a challenge...
Monique
Tom Schweich
John Blackmer wrote:
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> There is a poem of some sort that contains the line "sedges have edges"
>
> Does anyone know of it? If so, I'd like the details.
>
> Post or e-mail. Thanks
>
> John
"Sedges have edges and rushes are round,
Grasses are hollow and rush all around."
I learned it from the late George Hilton, who was a geologist,
and a teacher of field natural history classes at Merritt College
in Oakland, CA.
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Brad Hurley
This thread reminds me of another jingle, this one about gymnosperms:
"For you I pine, for you I balsam
But when I cedar, I spruced up."
Learned years ago from G. Winston Carter, botanist and instructor for the
National Audubon Society's camp in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Arthur Evans
In article <monique.15...@bio.tamu.edu>, mon...@bio.tamu.edu
(Monique Reed) wrote:
Hm. Let's see. How about:
Sedges have edges,/rushes are round,
And grasses are hollow/except for the several genera that have solid internodes.
I'll admit that the scansion could use a little work--but more
accurate, hmm? OK, how about:
Sedges have edges,/rushes are round,
And grasses are usually/hollow, I've found.
Of course, it seems to me that many grasses are round,
and many rushes are hollow, so I don't see how this helps.
I think you need a more Zen approach. Meditate on the plant.
Does it posess rush nature? Or grass nature?
> Consider it a challenge...
> Monique
I feel challenged, all right.
yours,
arthur
wlg...@nai.net
Remember: grasses have nodes!
"...grasses AREN'T hollow from tip to the ground!"
Nancy Harrison
In article <monique.15...@bio.tamu.edu>, mon...@bio.tamu.edu says...
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>>There is a poem of some sort that contains the line "sedges have edges"
>
>>Does anyone know of it? If so, I'd like the details.
>
>students to tell the sedges from the grasses and rushes. It works fine,
until
>you run into Eleocharis ;- )
>
>Monique Reed
>Texas A&M University
Rushes are round
And Sedges have edges
..Until you run into Scirpus, which is in the Sedge Family
but can be round. -NH
John Blackmer
As the poster of the original question, I'd like to thank everyone for their repsonses
to this point. I have passed them along to the person who asked me start with.
Yes, all of them.
I'll keep watching for a while to see if anyone comes up with anything
different.
Thanks,
John
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John Blackmer
River Bend Nature Center
Faribault MN USA
joh...@deskmedia.com
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ToddCrabtree
"Sedges have edges, rushes are round, and on grasses nodes may be found."
H. Brent Howatt
In article <ae-060696...@annex-p135.meer.net>, a...@meer.net says...
>
>> >Here is what I learned. Does anyone know of a less risque version that
>> >can be used in these more sensitive times?
>>
>> >"Sedges have edges, rushes are round, and grasses like asses have holes."
>>
>>
>> Eek! I could get fired for saying that! Not to mention that several genera
>> of warm-season grasses have *solid* rather than hollow internodes. Nope,
>> can't use as is!
>>
>> We're a clever bunch! Surely if we can't find the original, we can *invent*
>> some little rhyme to cover field ID of grassy things...
>
>Hm. Let's see. How about:
>
>Sedges have edges,/rushes are round,
>And grasses are hollow/except for the several genera that have solid
internodes.
>
>I'll admit that the scansion could use a little work--but more
>accurate, hmm? OK, how about:
#Sedges have edges,/rushes are round,
#And grasses are usually/hollow, I've found.
The way I learned it in the '60's was:
Rushes are round;
Sedges have edges;
Grasses have joints.
#Of course, it seems to me that many grasses are round,
#and many rushes are hollow, so I don't see how this helps.
#I think you need a more Zen approach. Meditate on the plant.
#Does it posess rush nature? Or grass nature?
Chant, "palea...lemma...glume"
Repeat until enightened.
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> There is a poem of some sort that contains the line "sedges have edges"
>
> Does anyone know of it? If so, I'd like the details.
>
>
> John
and rushes are round,
grasses have joints,
and all can be found where willow abound.
rfa...@gmail.com
> There is a poem of some sort that contains the line "sedges have edges"
>
> Does anyone know of it? If so, I'd like the details.
>
> Post or e-mail. Thanks
>
> John
Sedges have edges, and rushes are round,
martha bertles
martha bertles
> There is a poem of some sort that contains the line "sedges have edges"
> Does anyone know of it? If so, I'd like the details.
> Post or e-mail. Thanks
> John
Sedges have edges
Grasses are round
Rushes are hollow straight up from the ground