[The Wildflowers of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

The Sedge Family in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Cyperaceae

The photo above shows a close-up of the female heads in part of the inflorescence of slough sedge as seen at the webmaster's garden in Gresham, OR........April 2005.

True Sedges: The Genus Carex -

Flatsedges: The Genus Cyperus -

Spike-rushes: The Genus Eleocharis -

Cotton-grass: The Genus Eriophorum -

Halfchaff Sedges and Liphocarpha: The Genus Liphocarpha -

White Beakrush: Rhyncospora alba (Synonyms: Dichromena alba, Phaeocephalum album, Rhynchospora luguillensis, Schoenus albus, Triodon albus) -

Bulrushes and Tules: The Genera Bolboshoenus, Schoenoplectus, Scirpus and Trichophorum -

Tufted Clubrush: Trichophorum cespitosum (Synonyms: Baethyron cespitosum, Scirpus bracteatus, Scirpus cespitosus, Scirpus cespitosus var. callosus, Scirpus cespitosus var. delicatulus)

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