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starrtuvor

English translation: sedgegrass tussock

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Swedish term or phrase:starrtuvor
English translation:sedgegrass tussock
Entered by: SafeTex

18:13 Mar 7, 2016
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology / starrtuvor
Swedish term or phrase: starrtuvor
Hello

I've got a number of hits but none of them in a dictionary unfortunately

I vissa partier stöter du på sumpskog med gran och björk samt höga ***starrtuvor*** som tillsammans med björk- och videbuskar ibland bildar svårframkomliga snår

I have also found pictures such as

http://docplayer.se/docs-images/17/140202/images/13-0.jpg

but there is about as much chance of me recognising a species of rush as of me going to the moon :(

Can anyone bail me out pleeeaasseee

Thanks
SafeTex
France
Local time: 06:43
sedgegrass tussock
Explanation:
Some reading that gives u the specifics. I'd go with the broad category here, as most readers understand as 'some kind of grass' and still it is a technical name of the 'largest group of 'starrarter'
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Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 06:43
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone. I choose 'sedgegrass' but that was a bit arbitrary.
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2sedge tussocks
Agneta Pallinder
5sedge tufts / tufts of sedge
Helen Johnson
4sedgegrass tussock
Deane Goltermann
3tussock grass
George Hopkins


  

Answers


16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tussock grass


Explanation:
Perhaps.

George Hopkins
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 5
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sedge tussocks


Explanation:
Starr = Carex = Sedge

See Wikipedia (EN & SV)

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Note added at 57 mins (2016-03-07 19:11:30 GMT)
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And Google examples here https://www.google.se/?gws_rd=ssl#q="sedge tussocks"

Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deane Goltermann: haha Agneta, looks like yuo beat me by a few minutes...
6 mins
  -> Quite!
agree  Michele Fauble
22 hrs
  -> Thanks Michele!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sedgegrass tussock


Explanation:
Some reading that gives u the specifics. I'd go with the broad category here, as most readers understand as 'some kind of grass' and still it is a technical name of the 'largest group of 'starrarter'


    https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halvgr%C3%A4s
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex
Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 06:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 62
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone. I choose 'sedgegrass' but that was a bit arbitrary.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
sedge tufts / tufts of sedge


Explanation:
This is how I'd say it - several references available, e.g.

http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/spiked-sedge

Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Agneta Pallinder: To me there is a difference between tufts (the strands of sedge growth) and tussocks (the accumulation of the sedge and sedge roots that you can actually stand on when traversing a bog) and the latter is a "tuva".
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