Dennis Kramb wrote: > It's white, teardrop shopped, and about 1cm diameter at the > fattest part. It was also completely dormant... no green foliage and > few roots. Now I know there's no way to guess what it is from that > feeble description, ... But of course we can guess!! Mine is that it is a variety of bulb grass, based solely on the fact that while rescuing Erythronium oregonum bulbs, I encountered several "hitchhikers" exactly as you described. They reminded me of pearls, popping out of the soil to display their luster. Dave Brastow Tumwater, Washington (USA) 7A