Fragile-sheath Sedge, Fragile-sheathed Sedge
Carex fracta
The photo above shows fragile-sheath sedge as seen along the moist ditches of Laurel Road in Conboy Lake NWR.........June 21, 2008. Click the photo to see an enlarged view. This species has a distinctive leaf sheath that is whitish and extends 3-10 mm upwards from the junction with the leaf on the side opposite the leaf blade (visible when the photo is enlarged).
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of fragile-sheath sedge as seen along the moist ditches of Laurel Road in Conboy Lake NWR........June 21, 2008. This species typically has 2 stigmas per perigynia.
The photo above shows a close-up of several spikes of the inflorescence of fragile-sheath sedge as seen along the moist ditches of Laurel Road in Conboy Lake NWR.........June 21, 2008.
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The 5 photos above show close-up details of the inflorescence and stem leaves of fragile-sheath sedge as seen along the riparian areas surrounding sections of Road K1000 just south of the Yakima-Klickitat County line to the east of Mt. Adams........June 17, 2007. Note the 2 close-ups of the distinctive, memraneous leaf sheath front on the sde of the stem opposite of the leaf attachment.
Paul Slichter