[The Sedge Family West of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]
Sedges West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Carex

 

 

A very incomplete listing of sedges found west of the Cascade Mts.:

False Golden Sedge: Carex hassei

Henderson's Sedge, Timber Sedge: Carex hendersonii

Dewey's Sedge, Taperfruit Shortscale Sedge: Carex leptopoda (Synonyms: Carex deweyana, Carex deweyana ssp. leptopoda, Carex deweyana var. leptopoda)

Bighead Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)

Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii (Synonym: Carex columbiana)

Slough Sedge: Carex obnupta (Synonym: Carex magnifica)

Serpentine Sedge: Carex serpenticola

Awl-fruit Sedge, Sawbeak Sedge: Carex stipata var. stipata

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