Thread: Reed mace or bulrush?
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Old 02-11-2009, 05:44 AM
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Re: Reed mace or bulrush?
Bulrush can be used as a vernacular for 2 unrelated groups of plants - the club-rushes (the original bulrush) + reedmaces (Typha); so bulrush is rather ambiguous unless the other person knows which plant you mean.
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