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Swamp (lat. Eleocharis) - a plant from the Sedge family, capable of forming very dense thickets. He also has a second name - sitnyag.
Description
The bogweed can be both an annual and a perennial. It is endowed with creeping horizontal rhizomes, on the tips of which sometimes funny bulbs or nodules are located, as well as a truly incredible number of single threadlike stems, the height of which can vary from five to fifty centimeters. All stems have a cylindrical shape and are equipped with internal cavities and partitions, and at their very tips you can see miniature cone-shaped inflorescences. The leaves of the marsh are either absent altogether, or are strongly reduced to barely noticeable scales.
Small elliptical spikelets of this moisture-loving beauty include three, seven or fifteen bisexual flowers. And the obscurely triangular whitish fruit-nuts, which have an almost rounded cross section, are endowed with numerous longitudinal ribs and transverse stripes.
The most famous varieties of this plant are marsh: swamp, hanging (often cultivated as a houseplant), acicular, papillary, single-scaled, ovate (the only annual in the vast family of swamps) and pearl. In nature at the moment there are more than one and a half hundred of its varieties.
Where grows
Swamp almost always grows in damp areas - in wet meadows, as well as in swamps and near water bodies. As for the geographical distribution, you can meet this moisture-loving beauty in a huge number of places around the world. Warm regions of South and North America, as well as Europe, Asia and Australia are considered the homeland of the swamp.
Usage
Most varieties of swamp are not unsuccessfully used in landscape design to decorate streams and other bodies of water - thanks to it, they instantly acquire a natural look. This plant is also a great backdrop for a myriad of different ornamental and aquatic plants.
In addition, the swamp is widely used for strengthening the banks, as well as fodder for cattle. Moreover, a number of its varieties are considered to be weeds of rice crops.
Some types of marsh marsh are used in aquariums - for example, thickets of marsh bogs enrich the aquarium water with oxygen and perfectly purify it, and also serve as an excellent refuge for aquarium fish.
Also, the swamp is used as a bioindicator plant designed to help in determining the ecological state of various water bodies. And sweet marsh is widely cultivated in China for the sake of wonderful edible corms (because of them, this plant is called "Chinese water nut").
Growing and caring
As a rule, swamp is grown in shallow water or on damp soils. Silty and slightly acidic clay soils are best suited for its full development. It is very important to constantly monitor that the soil does not dry out. Do not forget that the swamp is an incredibly light-loving culture.
Most often, this plant is planted on boggy sunny banks directly into the ground, the thickness of which should not exceed three centimeters - the root system of the bog is not very well developed. Sometimes this moisture-loving culture is also planted in containers - they are allowed to be submerged under water to a depth of ten centimeters. In this case, the swamp will have to be fed monthly with all kinds of complex fertilizers. And with the onset of winter, containers with it are transferred to wintering in rather cool and fairly bright rooms. Usually, the most thermophilic varieties of marsh marsh are grown in containers - its cold-resistant relatives grow well both in shallow waters and on well-humid low shores.
Reproduction of swamp occurs by dividing plants or seeds. Layers leaving the mother bushes are very easily separated and transplanted to new places without delay.
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Forget-me-not Swamp
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Moisture-loving Swamp
Swamp, or sitnyag, is most often found in damp areas - in wet meadows, in swamps and near water bodies. Sometimes it forms rather dense thickets. In nature, there are over one hundred and fifty species of this rather interesting plant. A swamp grows in a huge number of regions of the world, although its homeland is usually considered to be warm regions of distant South and North America, Europe, Asia, and also Australia
