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

Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge

Carex neurophora

Inflorescence of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora - Perigynia of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora

Close-up images of the inflorescence and perigynia of alpine nerved sedge as seen along the Bonny Lakes Trail #1802 at one of several crossings of the Middle Fork Big Sheep Creek, Eagle Cap Wilderness.......August 12, 2018.

Inflorescence of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora

The photo above shows the dense, head-like inflorescence of veined sedge. Photographed in meadows along Crofton Creek just downstream of the crossing of the Crofton Ridge Trail #93 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness.........August 22, 2008.

Inflorescence of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora

The photo above shows the dense, head-like inflorescence of veined sedge. The stem below the inflorescence is thickly triangular in cross-section. Photographed in meadows along Crofton Creek just downstream of the crossing of the Crofton Ridge Trail #93 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness..........August 22, 2008.

Perigynia of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora-- Perigynia of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora
The 2 photos above show close-ups of the perigynia and their subtending scales of veined sedge. Note that the scale and perigynia are both brown with dark stripes or veins running lengthwise. The perigynia is roughly narrowly triangular in shape with a rounded base and gradually tapered to the beak. Although not visible here, 2 stigmas would be present earlier in the season. Photographed in meadows along Crofton Creek just downstream of the crossing of the Crofton Ridge Trail #93 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness...........August 22, 2008.

Fibrillose leaf sheaths of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora

The photo above shows the distinctive cross-corrugated leaf sheath fronts of veined sedge. Photographed at Babyshoe Pass Meadows on the northwestern slopes of Mt. Adams.........September 18, 2008.

Inflorescence of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora - Perigynia of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora - Inflorescence of Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora

The three photos above show close-ups of the inflorescence and veined perigynia of veined sedge as seen at Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.........September 6, 2008.

Paul Slichter