Smallwing Sedge, Small-winged Sedge
Carex microptera
Synonyms: Carex festivella, Carex limnophila, Carex macloviana ssp. festivella, Carex macloviana var. microptera, Carex microptera var. crassinervia , Carex microptera var. limnophila
Smallwing sedge observed along the Shorthorn Trail #16 where the trail crosses upper West Fork Morrison Creek, Mount Adams Wilderness.....July 22, 2024.
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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.
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.
The photo at left 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. The photo at center shows what may be smallwing sedge as seen on open slopes above timberline at the base of the terminal moraine for the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams Wilderness...........August 6, 2017.
The photo at right shows smallwing sedge along the Shorthorn Trail #12, Mt. Adams Wilderness......July 10, 2020.
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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