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n. - Tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes.

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  • In humid or wet sites especially rich bog-communities called vegas, growth is dominated by Juncaceae, Cyperaceae and grasses.
  • In humid or wet places of these forests especially rich raised bog-communities grow dominated by Sphagnum, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae and grasses.
  • Tall herbfields grow on well-developed humus soils, dominated by species of Compositae, Cyperaceae, Gramineae, Juncaceae, Ranunculaceae, and Umbelliferae.
  • Juncaceae and the palms (series Calycinae) where the perianth loses its petaloid character and thence to the Aroids, screw-pines and others where it is more or less...
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