Plant ID

[Inastate]

Can anybody ID this plant for me? I often see it in water saturated areas, such as around ponds, but I've recently seen it in more dry environments as well.

Grows in green-stemmed clumps, which are less obvious as a lot of the foliage is dead/brown.

Any ideas? Should be an easy one.

Thanks

[veggiechicken]

Looks like a sedge or rush grass - the one that grows in marshy ground - that you use as stepping stones when crossing a bog.......................well, I do

[Mikey]

I'm sure I've seen Ray Meers use sedge for something, it was probably fire lighting, they have a spongy fibrous inside from memory.

[george356]

Could be Rhynchospora fusca





The reference to Ray Mears is him using the pith of a sedge as a candle wick (I think)

A botanical section for more accurate ID

[Inastate]

Ahh sedge grass, of course. I knew that, why did I forget? Does it grow well in gardens? Quite fancy digging some up to put round my pond.

[george356]

Ahh sedge grass, of course. I knew that, why did I forget? Does it grow well in gardens? Quite fancy digging some up to put round my pond.

As you can see from the botanical illustration the roots are quite rhizomous, so I reckon a bit of a dibble around a plant will yield plenty of bits of root with shoots.