Dunhead Sedge, Alpine Hare Sedge
Carex phaeocephala
Synonym: Carex eastwoodiana
The photo above shows dunhead sedge as seen at about 6800' atop an old moraine at the base of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams.........September 18, 2008. The leaves of dwarf lupine (Lupinus sellulus) can be seen at the base of the sedge.
The photo above shows dunhead sedge as collected from an old moraine at the base of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams...........September 18, 2008.
The photo above shows dunhead sedge as seen from an old moraine at the base of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams............September 18, 2008.
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The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of dunhead sedge as seen on dry, rocky slopes of Mt. Adams about one-quarter mile east of the southern lateral moraine to Mazama Glacier..........July 19, 2009.
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The 2 photos above show close-ups of the perigynia of dunhead sedge as seen on Mt. Hood about one-quarter mile east of Silcox Lodge near 7155'...........August 29, 2008 The perigynia typically have 2 stigmas.
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The two photos above help illustrate the alpine habitat of dunhead sedge. Photographed at the base of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams...........September 18, 2008.
The photo above shows dunhead sedge as seen on dry, rocky slopes of Mt. Adams about one-quarter mile east of the southern lateral moraine to Mazama Glacier.........July 19, 2009.
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Dunhead sedge as seen on sandy, gravelly slopes at the base of the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier upslope from High Camp, north corner of Mt. Adams..........August 12, 2016.
The photo above shows another close-up of the inflorescence dunhead sedge as seen on Mt. Hood about one-quarter mile east of Silcox Lodge near 7155'..........August 29, 2008.
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Examples of dunhead sedge as seen on Little Mount Adams on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........August 13, 2012.
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Dunhead sedge as seen on the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier above the headwaters of the Lewis River, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......July 19, 2018.
Paul Slichter