[Sedges: The Genus Carex in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

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, 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 spotted in burned forest (Big Hollow Fire) along the Observation Peak Trail #132, Sister Rocks Research Natural Area......June 25, 2024.

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, 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)

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.

Perigynia of 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)

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.
Inflorescence of 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, 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) - Inflorescence of 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)
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.

Close-up of the inflorescence of 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, 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) - Close-up of the perigynia of 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) - Close-up of a spikelet of 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)

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