Smoothstem Sedge, Smooth-stem Sedge, Smooth-stemmed Sedge
Carex laeviculmis
Synonym: Carex deweyana ssp. sparsiflora
The photo above shows the inflorescence of smoothstem sedge. The individual spikes are widely spaced while the perigynia are ascending within each spike. Photographed along Morrison Creek at the Crofton Ridge Trailhead on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams..........August
22, 2008.
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Close-ups of the inflorescence of specimens of smoothstem sedge collected along the Lake Creek Trail #3018, Umatilla National Forest..........July 24, 2012.
Smoothstem sedge observed at the southern edge of McClellan Meadows near Forest Road 30-030, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......July 4, 2020.
The photo above shows a close-up of one spike of smoothstem sedge. The individual spikes are widely spaced while the perigynia are ascending within each spike. Photographed along Morrison Creek at the Crofton Ridge Trailhead on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams..........August
22, 2008.
The photo above shows a close-up of the perigynia of smoothstem sedge. Photographed along Morrison Creek at the Crofton Ridge Trailhead on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams........August
22, 2008.
The photo above shows smoothstem sedge as photographed along Morrison Creek at the Crofton Ridge Trailhead on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams.........August
22, 2008. The narrow leaves and arching stems characteristic of this sedge are visible here. The sedge with larger leaves at upper left is Merten's sedge (Carex mertensii).
Paul Slichter
