Washtenaw: Native Plants

On her PopcornHomestead blog, Joan Bailey writes about plants to use in “alternative lawns,” including Buffalo grass and sedges. She provides resources for learning more about this approach. “Sedges look like grass, but are not. In the woods they often look like a wispy version of lawn grass, but upon closer inspection they have an edge. Literally. If you’ve ever pulled a piece of grass, you’ll notice that the base stem is round with a hole. A sedge is not round, but has an edge. A good friend reminded me of this little ditty: Sedges have edges, rushes are round, and grasses, like a–es, have holes.” [Source]