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Root systems and tubers


Sedges have a fibrous root system and may spread by underground rhizomes and/or aboveground stolons.
Many sedges have tubers from which new plants can form.

Creeping growth habit, spreading by underground rhizomes
Creeping growth habit, spreading by aboveground stolons
Root system with tubers
A plant spreading by rhizomes
A plant spreading by stolons
Roots with tubers
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