The
Wetland Restoration Team working indoors Wednesday started with three lunch-size paper bags filled with stems from
Juncus scirpoides aka Needlepod rush.
The goal was to collect the seeds. That's when I learned the seeds are about the size of a period . . .
No sneezing allowed while working on this chore.
We ended up with about two tablespoons of seeds. Success!
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| The dried capsules . . . |
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| . . . are deconstrusted over a white paper plate. |
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| With a small brush, the seeds are swished in a collection sieve. |
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| What you see here is mostly litter. An extreme close-up would show the seeds, which are tiny, uniform-size dots. |
