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

A sedge meadow consiting almost completely of shortbeaked sedge in Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest........July 16, 2010.

The sexes in shortbeaked sedge are on separate plants. The photo at left shows a female inflorescence while the photo at right shows a male inflorescence. Photographed in Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest.......July 16, 2010.

Additional examples of shortbeaked sedge as seen in wetlands at the western edge of the wildlife viewing area in Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest........June 26, 2011. The spike of the male plant is at upper left while that of the female plant is shown at upper right. In the habitat photo, the dark spikes of the female plants are visible in the foreground while the male plants are visible in the upper half of the photo.

Close-ups of the mature perigynia and inflorescence of shortbeaked sedge as seen in vernaly moist meadows at Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest..........August 20, 2011.