[Sedges: The Genus Carex of Mt. Adams and Vicinity]

Rocky Mountain Sedge, Mountain Sedge, Sierra Alpine Sedge

Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa

Synonyms: Carex campylocarpa, Carex campylocarpa ssp. affinis, Carex gymnoclada, Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum

Close-up of the female spikes of Rocky Mountain Sedge, Mountain Sedge, Sierra Alpine Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa (Synonyms: Carex campylocarpa, Carex campylocarpa ssp. affinis, Carex gymnoclada, Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum)

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.

Rocky Mountain Sedge, Mountain Sedge, Sierra Alpine Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa (Synonyms: Carex campylocarpa, Carex campylocarpa ssp. affinis, Carex gymnoclada, Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum) - Inflorescence of Rocky Mountain Sedge, Mountain Sedge, Sierra Alpine Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa (Synonyms: Carex campylocarpa, Carex campylocarpa ssp. affinis, Carex gymnoclada, Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum)

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.

Inflorescence of Rocky Mountain Sedge, Mountain Sedge, Sierra Alpine Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa (Synonyms: Carex campylocarpa, Carex campylocarpa ssp. affinis, Carex gymnoclada, Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum)

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.

Perigynia of Rocky Mountain Sedge, Mountain Sedge, Sierra Alpine Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa (Synonyms: Carex campylocarpa, Carex campylocarpa ssp. affinis, Carex gymnoclada, Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum)

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