Seggenried

Machine-translated from the German article

A Seggenried is a wetland area mainly overgrown with sedges (Sauergräser; from Middle High German riet "reed, reed bed"). In terms of vegetation science, a distinction is made between: Sedge fens count among the endangered biotope types of the Federal Republic of Germany. In Central Europe, sedge fens were formerly used for obtaining litter, or they were used extensively as grassland.