Northern Cluster Sedge, Northern Clustered Sedge
Carex arcta
Synonyms: Carex canescens ssp. polystachya, Carex canescens var. oregana, Carex heleonastes var. scabriuscula, Carex kunzei
- ![Northern Cluster Sedge, Northern Clustered Sedge: Carex arcta (Synonyms: Carex canescens ssp. polystachya, Carex canescens var. oregana, Carex heleonastes var. scabriuscula, Carex kunzei)](arcta/arcta3d.jpg)
The photo at left 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 at right 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.
- ![Perigynia of Northern Cluster Sedge, Northern Clustered Sedge: Carex arcta (Synonyms: Carex canescens ssp. polystachya, Carex canescens var. oregana, Carex heleonastes var. scabriuscula, Carex kunzei)](arcta/arcta3b.jpg)
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.
- ![Northern Cluster Sedge, Northern Clustered Sedge: Carex arcta (Synonyms: Carex canescens ssp. polystachya, Carex canescens var. oregana, Carex heleonastes var. scabriuscula, Carex kunzei)](arcta/arcta08-06-2022b.jpg)
- ![Perigynia of Northern Cluster Sedge, Northern Clustered Sedge: Carex arcta (Synonyms: Carex canescens ssp. polystachya, Carex canescens var. oregana, Carex heleonastes var. scabriuscula, Carex kunzei)](arcta/arcta08-06-2022d.jpg)
Northern cluster sedge observed in TakhTakh Meadows, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........August 6, 2022.
Paul Slichter