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I.OWI-.RS Ol- VWV. SKA-COAST 



The stem is VfiUK'^^'-l 



Sea Cluli l\iisli is line of ihc iniiinioncsl niariliiiic species, l)eiii;j[ 

 found more CDiitiiuiously alonsj^ the coast on sandy shores and in 

 estuaries and salt marslies than any other ])lant. It is also, like (iolden 

 Dock, found inland. 1 1 i;ro\vs al)o\e hii^lv water mark on sand dunes, 

 as well as farther inland. 



and lraf\, from a tuberous root. The stems 

 are tufted, and heju' leaves 

 at the base, which are 

 broad, loni^, and keeled, 

 with channels. 



1 he (lowers are borne 

 in a dense tcrnn'nal cvnie 

 or cluster, the spikes be- 

 ini^' stalkless or stalketl, 

 with Ioul;" leafy bracts. 

 Ihc flumes are smooth, 

 blunt, with a sharjj point, 

 divided nttarly to the base, 

 and there are 6 bristles. 

 The nut is 3 - sided, 

 flattened lengthwise, and 

 shiny. 



The ])lant is 2-3 ft. 

 hii^h. Flowers are to be 

 found in JLil)' up to Sep- 

 tember. It is perennial, 

 and propagated by suckers. 

 The flowers are pol- 

 linated by the wind, bisexual, with similar floral mechanism to the 

 Bulrush. 



The fruit is a nut, indehiscent, which falls when ripe to the ground, 

 and is dispersed by the plant itself or by the wind. 



Sea Club Rush is a salt-lover, addicted to a saline soil, and at 

 the same time a sand plant, being more essentially the latter than 

 the former. 



It is infested by a Homopterous insect, Paraniesiis neii'osus. 

 The second Latin name refers to its maritime habitat, and Scirpits 

 is Latin for rush or bulrush. 



The plant is called Spurt, Star Grass. 



The roots taste sweet, and have been ground and used lor flour. 

 The plant is relished by cattle, and also especially by swine. 



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Sea Cl.l H Krsil \,Scirpus maritimus, I..) 



