ulva

marsh plants

E. 8.87

A. 2.135

6.416

Mynors (1990) ad loc. "Clearly a general word for plants that grow in marshy ground, 'sedge'; attempts at botanical identification are misdirected, and have produced absurdities." The following are a set of the various squishy plants that have been proposed.* These are meant just to give us an idea of the things Vergil may have had in mind.

Carex.riparia.1.jpg	Carex.riparia.2.jpg	Carex.riparia.3.jpg
Cladium.mariscus.1.jpg	Cladium.mariscus.2.jpg	Cladium.mariscus.3.jpg
Glyceria.fluitans.1.jpg	Glyceria.fluitans.2.jpeg	Glyceria.fluitans.3.jpg
Sagittaria.sagittifolia.1.jpg	Sagittaria.sagittifolia.2.jpg	Sagittaria.sagittifolia.3.jpg
Spartina.maritima.1.jpg	Spartina.maritima.2.jpg	Spartina.maritima.3.jpg
Typha.latifolia.1.jpg	Typha.latifolia.2.jpg	Typha.latifolia.3.jpg

* Lewis & Short and W. H. S. Jones in his list of plants in the Loeb of Pliny VII (XXIV-XXVII) give ulva as "Ulva conferva." I cannot locate this in any standard list of synonyms, and Ulva and Conferva are separate genera of seaweeds. I've standardized the binomials listed in the older books.

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