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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4313892, member: 45"]Just felt I should add a little, for those who may be "scientifically-inclined." </p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, the term "rush" when it comes to basketry material, is over-used, and often inaccurate. Primarily, there is widespread confusion between grasses, sedges, and rushes, which are all separate plant families. They are distinguished primarily by the type of stems each has. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are over 400 species of <u>rush</u>. Tatami mats in Japan are made from one of the species, and other cultures use rushes in thatching as well as for basketry, for medicinal uses, and as a food source.</p><p><br /></p><p>To confuse matters, however, <u>bulrush</u>, is not actually a <u>rush</u> at all, it is in the <u>sedge</u> family, which has over 5,500 species, many of which are also used to weave mats, ropes, baskets, purses, clothing items, canoes and rafts, brooms, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the several terms are frequently used by sellers interchangeably, without regard to strict, scientific, accuracy. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just another example of how determining the material a basket is made from, is vital to identification, but often difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4313892, member: 45"]Just felt I should add a little, for those who may be "scientifically-inclined." Actually, the term "rush" when it comes to basketry material, is over-used, and often inaccurate. Primarily, there is widespread confusion between grasses, sedges, and rushes, which are all separate plant families. They are distinguished primarily by the type of stems each has. There are over 400 species of [U]rush[/U]. Tatami mats in Japan are made from one of the species, and other cultures use rushes in thatching as well as for basketry, for medicinal uses, and as a food source. To confuse matters, however, [U]bulrush[/U], is not actually a [U]rush[/U] at all, it is in the [U]sedge[/U] family, which has over 5,500 species, many of which are also used to weave mats, ropes, baskets, purses, clothing items, canoes and rafts, brooms, etc. However, the several terms are frequently used by sellers interchangeably, without regard to strict, scientific, accuracy. Just another example of how determining the material a basket is made from, is vital to identification, but often difficult.[/QUOTE]
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