What is this and how do I kill it?

Dry it and figure how to weave baskets from it.?

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"What is it and how do I kill it" reminded me of back home in FL."

That's usually what we say when we see the summer flock of tourists!

I call it beaver hay you just need a beaver

Hard to see, but looks like it could be some kind of rush plant--maybe spiny rush but more than likely just your common rush. They establish themselves in moist conditions but can thrive in dryer areas once established. Burning has little effect on them, but liming may help since they prefer acidic conditions for growth. If you just have a few clumps, you could try blocking their light by shading with rocks, tarps, etc. I seem to remember a master gardener warning us that they can be harmful to livestock but that the animals don't like the taste of it anyway and therefore it shouldn't pose a problem for them.

On the other hand, you could harvest the reeds and weave them into baskets or mats or sell them to people who do, or if you like selling novelty items you could make rushlights out of them. They used to be used as wicks for candles too.

That was my first thought,too. If it dries well and you can work with it go to the next "harvest festival" in the area and see if the basket weavers would like to buy some.

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DeaconJim,

What you have is as several have said a wetland plant. It belongs to the genus Juncus, if you are interested in looking up some info. It is often found in pastures in poorly drained soil. I have some in my patures in north Alabama, and I am on the top of the mountain. But I have clay-ee soils and a hardpan developed under the areas where it is located. I use use 6 oz of 42% glyphosate per gallon and spray each plant with a hand spray to kill it. It will spread in favorable poorly drained soil conditions.

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Thank you, there's my market. I fully expect a blight or some kind of bug to come along and kill it now.

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Those look a bit like land urchins.

Have you tried splitting them open, scraping out the uni and feeding it to umami?

More likely is some loony lefty is going to call some gov't hack. They'll come out and declare it a endangered wetland weed and require you to build a fence to keep your animals from pooping near it. I suggest ssss (spray, shred, seed, shudupabbowedit).

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Try running a few hogs in that pasture.

Tried that already. The hogs wouldn't eat it.

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DH and I now have my Dad's old place. A large area behind the pond dam stays wet and this grass covers a large area. DH has tried bushhogging it, but even the bushhog doesn't like it. He can only get in there to attempt it in very dry weather conditions, otherwise he gets stuck. I'd love to know a good way to get rid of this horrible stuff for good.

Dozer?

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Last year after DH worked with trying to bushhog the stuff, he made the statement that it needed to be dug out of there. I asked what would keep it from just coming back.

To speed up the demise of your product contact Longaberger Basket Co. and have them place an order for 1000 Martha Stewart brunch baskets made exclusively with your grass. A preemptive measure for next years possible reseeding would be to also place your product on QVC. Over kill a fashion spread in O magazine.
Good luck I eagerly await a sample brunch basket.

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who has a simular issue with a Walnut Tree that refuses to crack

Maybe you could coax a few more to grow and have a maze. I wonder if you could shape them like a hedge?

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That's a reed type soemthing I see in the slough edges at 'my' SD farm and here in AL in some of our low damp spots and along the neighbor's pond. Tile your area for better drainage, or maybe lime as some suggest? but I think that means you are too damp there. Or be lazy like me and think of something useful that will grow there for you like bamboo or rice?

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You have swamp grass! don't plow it just prevent it from getting sunlight by digging up its shallow root and lay it in sun to dry or my favorite good ole plywood cover for weeks.