[The Sedge Family on Mt. Adams]
The Sedges of Mt. Adams

The Genus Carex

Unidentified Sedge f : Possibly Bladder Sedge: Carex utriculata ?
Photos of unidentified Sedges from Mt. Adams:

1. Unidentified Sedge d

2. Unidentified Sedge e

3. Unidentified Sedge f

4. Unidentified Sedge j

5. Unidentified Sedge k

6. Unidentified Sedge l

7. Unidentified Sedge m

8. Unidentified Sedge n

1. Ample-leaved Sedge, Big-leaf Sedge: Carex amplifolia -

2. Widefruit Sedge: Carex angustata -

3. Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis -

4. Sitka Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. dives -

5. Northern Cluster Sedge: Carex arcta -

6. Slender-beak Sedge, Long-bract Sedge: Carex athrostachya -

7. Golden Sedge: Carex aurea -

8. Brewer's Sedge: Carex breweri -

9. Brown Sedge: Carex brunnescens ssp. brunnescens -

10. California Sedge: Carex californica -

11. Gray Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens -

12. Constance's Sedge: Carex constanceana -

13. Dewey's Sedge: Carex deweyana -

14. Softleaf Sedge: Carex disperma -

15. Bristly Sedge, Muricate Sedge, Prickly Sedge, Star Sedge, Stellate Sedge: Carex echinata ssp. echinata (Synonyms: Carex angustior, Carex echinata var. echinata, Carex muricata, Carex ormantha) -

16. Engelmann's Sedge: Carex engelmannii -

17. Different Nerve Sedge: Carex epapillosa (Carex heteroneura var. epapillosa ? ) -

18. Fragile-sheathed Sedge: Carex fracta -

19. Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri -

20. Hall's Sedge, Oregon Sedge: Carex halliana (Synonym: Carex oregonensis) -

21. Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii -

22. Sheep Sedge, Small-head Sedge: Carex illota -

23. Long-stolon Sedge: Carex inops ssp. inops (C. pensylvanica var. vespertina) -

24. Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii -

25. Smooth-stem Sedge: Carex laeviculmis -

26. Slender Woolly Sedge, Woollyfruit Sedge: Carex lasiocarpa -

27. Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa -

28. Sierra Hare Sedge, Little Hare Sedge: Carex leporinella -

29. Mud Sedge, Quagmire Sedge: Carex limosa -

30. Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina var. ablata -

31. Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii (Synonym: Carex columbiana) -

32. Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera -

33. Many-rib Sedge: Carex multicostata -

34. Spikenard Sedge: Carex nardina var. hepburnii -

34a. Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis -

35. Alpine Nerved Sedge, Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora -

36. Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans -

37. Thick-headed Sedge: Carex pachystachya -

38. Woolly Sedge: Carex pellita - (Not found above 4000'.)

39. Dunhead Sedge, Alpine Hare Sedge: Carex phaeocephala -

40. Clustered Field Sedge, Blackcreeper Sedge: Carex praegracilis -

41. Presl's Sedge: Carex preslii -

42. Pyrenaean Sedge: Carex pyrenaica ssp. pyrenaica -

43. Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii -

44. Ross's Sedge: Carex rossii -

45. 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)-

46. Short-beak Sedge: Carex simulata - (Not found above 4000.)

47. Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis (Synonyms: Carex invisa, Carex nigella, Carex spectabilis var. superba, Carex tolmiei, Carex tolmiei var. invisa) -

48. Awl-fruited Sedge: Carex stipata var. stipata - (Not found above 4000'.)

49. Shasta Sedge: Carex straminiformis -

50. Brown Sedge, Brown-headed Sedge: Carex subfusca -

51. Bladder Sedge: Carex utriculata -

52. Foetid Sedge: Carex vernacula (C. foetida ?) -

53. Inflated Sedge: Carex vesicaria -

Showy sedge (Carex spectabilis) and black alpine sedge (Carex nigricans) growing together next to a small meadow pool about one-quarter mile southeast of the southern lateral moraine to Mazama Glacier...................July 19, 2009.

Showy sedge (Carex spectabilis) and black alpine sedge (Carex nigricans) growing together next to a small meadow pool about one-quarter mile southeast of the southern lateral moraine to Mazama Glacier...................July 19, 2009.
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