Northern Cluster Sedge
Carex arcta
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of northern cluster sedge as seen in moist meadows (around the periphery of a shallow pond) along the Pacific Crest Trail about one-half mile west of its junction with the Stagman Ridge Trail #12......................September 13, 2008.
The photo above shows northern cluster sedge as seen in moist meadows (around the periphery of a shallow pond) along the Pacific Crest Trail about one-half mile west of its junction with the Stagman Ridge Trail #12......................September 13, 2008.
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The 2 photos above show close-ups of the veined perigynia of northern cluster sedge as seen in moist meadows (around the periphery of a shallow pond) along the Pacific Crest Trail about one-half mile west of its junction with the Stagman Ridge Trail #12......................September 13, 2008. The perigynia bear a resemblance to those of veined sedge (Carex neurophora) which has a more compact inflorescence.
Paul Slichter