[Sedges: The Genus Carex West of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

False Golden Sedge, Salt Sedge

Carex hassei

Synonyms: Carex garberi, Carex saliniformis

False Golden Sedge: Carex hassei

False goldensedge as seen at the BLM Darlingtonia fen at Eight Dollar Mt. in the Rogue River valley of southwestern Oregon.........April 5, 2009.

Lateral female spike of False Golden Sedge, Salt Sedge: Carex hassei (Synonyms: Carex aurea, Carex aurea var. androgyna, Carex garberi, Carex saliniformis) - Terminal male and lateral female spikes of False Golden Sedge, Salt Sedge: Carex hassei (Synonyms: Carex garberi, Carex saliniformis)

Close-ups of the lateral female (with maturing perigynia) and terminal male spikes of false goldensedge as seen at the Days Gulch Botanical Area along the Illinois River to the southwest of Selma, Oregon..........April 29, 2012. In this series of photos, the perigynia are swelling in size and maturing while the stamens have worn of the male spike.

Terminal male spike and a lateral female spike of False Golden Sedge: Carex hassei (Synonyms: Carex garberi, Carex saliniformis) - Terminal male spike and lateral female spike of False Golden Sedge: Carex hassei - Lateral female spike of False Golden Sedge: Carex hassei (Synonyms: Carex garberi, Carex saliniformis)

Close-ups of the terminal male spike and lateral female spikes of false goldensedge as seen at the BLM Darlingtonia fen at Eight Dollar Mt. in the Rogue River valley of southwestern Oregon.........April 5, 2009. This series of photos shows the spikes early in the bloom cycle.

Paul Slichter