[Sedges: The Genus Carex in Mt. Adams Country]

The photo at left shows the inflorescence of smoothstem sedge. The individual spikes are widely spaced while the perigynia are ascending within each spike. Photographed along Morrison Creek at the Crofton Ridge Trailhead on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams..........August 22, 2008. The photo at center shows a close-up of one spike of smoothstem sedge. The individual spikes are widely spaced while the perigynia are ascending within each spike. Photographed along Morrison Creek at the Crofton Ridge Trailhead on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams.........August 22, 2008. The photo at right shows a close-up of the perigynia of smoothstem sedge. Photographed along Morrison Creek at the Crofton Ridge Trailhead on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams.........August 22, 2008.

The photo above shows smoothstem sedge as photographed along Morrison Creek at the Crofton Ridge Trailhead on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams..........August 22, 2008. The narrow leaves and arching stems characteristic of this sedge are visible here. The sedge with larger leaves at upper left is Merten's sedge (Carex mertensii).

These three images show smoothstem sedge as seen in Bathtub Meadows on the northwestern side of Mt. Adams...........September 28, 2008.