[The Sedges of Mt. Adams Country]

Smallwing Sedge

Carex microptera

Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera

The photo above shows smallwing sedge on open slopes above timberline about a mile below the base of the Adams Glacier on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.................September 18, 2008.

Perigynia of Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera

The photo above shows a close-up of the perigynia of smallwing sedge on open slopes above timberline about a mile below the base of the Adams Glacier on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.................September 18, 2008.

Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera
The photo above shows smallwing sedge on open slopes above timberline about a mile below the base of the Adams Glacier on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.................September 18, 2008.

Inflorescence of Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera

The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of what might be smallwing sedge as seenat about 3950' along a vernal tributary of Dairy Creek that crosses Rd K6900 at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.............July 10, 2005.

Close-up of the inflorescence of Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera - Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera

Close-up of the perigynia of Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera - Close-up of a spikelet of Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera

Additional images of smallwing sedge as seen in the vernally moist portion of Gotchen Creek Meadows, southeastern Mount Adams, Gifford Pinchot National Forest..............August 8, 2012.

Paul Slichter