[Sedges: The Genus Carex East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Jones' Sedge

Carex jonesii

Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii

Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii)

Jone's sedge as seen in a riparian meadow near 8600' along the North Loop Road, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon........September 2, 2011.

Veined perigynia of Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii)

Close-ups of the inflorescence and perigynia of Jone's sedge as seen in a riparian meadow near 8600' along the North Loop Road, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon.........September 2, 2011. Note the numerous veins on and the swollen base of the perigynia as well as the stamens in the inflorescence. The similar sheep sedge (Carex illota) is gynecandrous, lacking stamens in the inflorescence.

Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii)

Jone's sedge as seen in moist meadows at Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest.........August 2, 2011.

Close-up of the perigynia of Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii) - Perigynia of Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii)

Close-ups of the perigynia of Jone's sedge as seen in moist meadows at Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest.........August 2, 2011. The perigynia are very small and dark and heavily veined with bulged bases.

Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii) - Perigynia of Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii) - Perigynia of Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii)

Perigynia of Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii)

What may be Jone's sedge as seen along the shoreline of Slide Lake, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........August 11, 2015.

Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii) - Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii)

Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii) - Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii (Synonym: Carex nervina var. jonesii)

Jone's sedge observed in a wet meadow around Hanks Spring on the northwest corner of Twelvemile Peak and along the Fremont National Recreation Trail, Fremont-Winema National Forest.......August 2, 2020.

Paul Slichter