Tag: sedge

Dedicated to the study, appreciation, and conservation of the native flora and natural communities of Illinois

Sedges, what good are they?

Ask a pair of whooping cranes that found a new home along a restored wetland along an Illinois River. A flock of 60 whooping cranes that usually migrated through had found a new sedgy habitat and some stayed and built nests of sedge leaves! The farmers along 11 sites in Illinois were paid to take…
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