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

The photo above shows the dense, head-like inflorescence of veined sedge. Photographed in meadows along Crofton Creek just downstream of the crossing of the Crofton Ridge Trail #93 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness..........August 22, 2008.

The photo above shows the dense, head-like inflorescence of veined sedge. The stem below the inflorescence is thickly triangular in cross-section. Photographed in meadows along Crofton Creek just downstream of the crossing of the Crofton Ridge Trail #93 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness...........August 22, 2008.

The 2 photos above show close-ups of the perigynia and their subtending scales of veined sedge. Note that the scale and perigynia are both brown with dark stripes or veins running lengthwise. The perigynia is roughly narrowly triangular in shape with a rounded base and gradually tapered to the beak. Although not visible here, 2 stigmas would be present earlier in the season. Photographed in meadows along Crofton Creek just downstream of the crossing of the Crofton Ridge Trail #93 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness..........August 22, 2008.

The photo above shows the distinctive cross-corrugated leaf sheath fronts of veined sedge. Photographed at Babyshoe Pass Meadows on the northwestern slopes of Mt. Adams.........September 18, 2008.

These three photos show close-ups of the inflorescence and veined perigynia of veined sedge as seen at Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams...........September 6, 2008.

Close-up of the perigynia and inflorescence of alpine nerved sedge as seen in Babyshoe Pass Meadows along Forest Service Road 23 on the western slopes of Mt. Adams........August 27, 2012.