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

Nebraska sedge blooming at left along the Willard Springs Trail along the canal adjacent to the parking area at the Conboy Lake National Wildlife Area headquarters......May 15, 2021.The photo at right shows Nebraska sedge blooming along the Willard Springs Trail along the canal adjacent to the parking area at the Conboy Lake National Wildlife Area headquarters......May20, 2023.

Nebraska sedge as seen in a riparian area along road K1000 which connects the Goldendale-Glenwood Highway with the Mt. Adams Highway about 2 miles northeast of Glenwood, WA on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams at an elevation of about 1900'..........May 19, 2006. Plants at this site were at most 25-30 cm high.

The photo at left shows the inflorescence of Nebraska sedge as seen in a riparian area along Road K1000 to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams........May 13, 2007. The photo at center shows of the female spike of Nebraska sedge as seen in a riparian area along Road K1000 to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........May 13, 2007. The female spike is found below the one or two terminal, male spikes in this species.The photo at right shows a close-up of the terminal, male spike of Nebraska sedge as seen in a riparian area along Road K1000 to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams........May 13, 2007. The long brown structures arising from this spike are the anthers.

Close-up of the perigynia of nebraska sedge as seen north of Lakeside Road in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge..........August 3, 2014.

Nebraska sedge blooming in wetlands adjacent to both the irrigation canal and Willard Springs Trail, near the Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge headquarters.....May 16, 2022.

The distinctive blue-gray green leaves of Nebraska sedge in wetlands along the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge....October 23, 2023.