Rocky Mountain Sedge, Mountain Sedge, Sierra Alpine Sedge
Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa
Synonyms: Carex campylocarpa, Carex campylocarpa ssp. affinis, Carex gymnoclada
Close-up of the lateral female spikes of Rocky Mountain sedge as seen in a moist meadow along Gotchen Creek about one-half mile downhill from the Round the Mountain Trail #9, Mt. Adams..........August 8, 2012. Note the long, white pair of styles which extend from behind each black scale.
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Additional close-ups of the inflorescence of Rocky Mountain sedge as seen in a moist meadow along Gotchen Creek about one-half mile downhill from the Round the Mountain Trail #9, Mt. Adams..........August 8, 2012. Note the long, white pair of styles which extend from behind each black scale.
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Rocky Mountain sedge observed along a stream along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 in Bird Creek Meadows (west of the Bird Lake Trail junction), Yakama Nation lands at Mount Adams......August 18, 2023.
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Rocky Mountain sedge as seen in wet meadows along the Trail of Flowers loop, Bird Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams........August 30, 2018.
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Rocky Mountain sedge observed in moist meadows along the stream about one-half mile or so upstream from Foggy Flat, Mt. Adams Wilderness......August 27, 2020.
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Rocky Mountain sedge observed in moist meadows along upper Gotchen Creek about 200 meters south of the Round the Mountain Trail #9 on Mt. Adams, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......September 5, 2021.
Close-up of the inflorescence of Rocky Mountain sedge as seen in moist meadows along the Timberline Trail immediately to the south of the Mount Hood Meadows Ski Area................October 2, 2010.
Close-up of the perigynia of Rocky Mountain sedge as seen in moist meadows along the Timberline Trail immediately to the south of the Mount Hood Meadows Ski Area................October 2, 2010. The perigynia are elliptical to obovate in shape with a very short beak and are green or brown with reddish brown spots and usually covered with purplish-black blotches on the upper half.
Paul Slichter