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Rocky Mountain sedge

Scientific Name: Carex saximontana

Family: Cyperaceae

Category: Monocot

Growth: Graminoid

Duration: Perennial

Other Names:

       

Description: There are about 100 genera and 4000 to 5000 species of sedges world-wide, but only about 75 species inhabit Rocky Mountain National Park. All but nine of&nbsp&*! The red arrows on this photo of a Carex sedge point to the sharp edges of its triangular stem. There are more species in the genus Carex in Rocky Mountain&nbsp&*! Field guide to sedge species of the Rocky Mountain Region: Carex comosa ( longhair sedge), a large, broad-leaf sedge of plains wetlands&nbsp&*! Public Domain from USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to&nbsp&*! Carex saximontana &ampmdash . Rocky Mountain Sedge learn more about names for this taxon &middot Add to a collection &middot &middot Detail &middot Data &middot 0 Media&nbsp&*! Field guide to sedge species of the Rocky Mountain Region: The genus Carex in Colorado, Wyoming, western South Dakota, western Nebraska, and western&nbsp&*! These plants belong to the Grass, Sedge and Rush families. Grasses have round , hollow stems and they are the only family to have joints in their stems, sedges&nbsp&*! The taxon is mostly found in dry and moist alpine meadows and tundra, on dry, bare, windswept, rocky or grassy mountain slopes, and in rock crevices. It occurs &nbsp&*! Rocky Mountain Sedge (Carex backii) information from the Endangered Resces Program, including identification information, photos, and links.&*! Field guide to sedge species of the Rocky Mountain region: The genus Carex in Colorado, Wyoming, western South Dakota, western Nebraska, and western&nbsp&*! Rocky Mountain Sedge, Mountain Sedge, Sierra Alpine Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa. Rocky Mountain sedge blooming along upper McCoy Creek&nbsp&*! Rocky Mountain Sedge, Mountain Sedge, Sierra Alpine Sedge. Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa. Synonyms: Carex campylocarpa, Carex campylocarpa ssp.&*! Sedges: The Genus Carex in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington Close-up of the inflorescence of Rocky Mountain sedge as seen in moist&nbsp&*! Title: Field guide to sedge species of the Rocky Mountain Region: The genus Carex in Colorado, Wyoming, western South Dakota, western&nbsp&*! Guides &middot Plants of Sagehen Creek Basin, CA - Sedges and Rushes Holm&#39s Rocky Mountain sedge. Holm&#39s Rocky Mountain sedge. Carex scopulorum.&*! sedges 14 Cyperusspp. galingale 16 Deschampsia cespitosa tufted In the Rocky Mountain region, wetlands occupy a wide variety of habitats &nbsp&*! ROCKY MOUNTAIN SEDGE. Carex saximontana. SEDGE FAMILY (Cyperaceae) . Bunched perennial with flowering stems to 14 inches tall that are&nbsp&*! Common Name: Rocky Mountain sedge. * Genus: Carex. * Species: saximontana . Subspecies: * Family (scientific): Cyperaceae. * Family (common): Sedge.&*! This free government document is no longer available in paper format so I have made it available for download here: http://www.&*! Rocky Mountain sedge series. Section: herb Series Dominated by Herbaceous Plants. Series formation: Series height: &lt.4m. Series canopy cover: c.&*! Discover Life&#39s page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of Carex saximontana - Rocky Mountain sedge -- Discover Life.&*! Holm&#39s Rocky Mountain sedge - marsh-marigold Herbaceous Vegetation. Holm&#39s Rocky Lodgepole pine / big huckleberry Rocky Mountain Forest. Lodgepole&nbsp&*! Carex inops is a species of sedge known by the common name long-stolon sedge. It can be a dominant species in Rocky Mountain meadows, woodlands in&nbsp&*! Foto n. 63862 - Holm&#39s Rocky Mountain sedge (Carex scopulorum) Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1992. Western&nbsp&*! wetland plants, especially for the more challenging species (e.g., sedges, rushes Nancy Shaw of the U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station&nbsp&*! Similar Species: Many sedges look alike Roan Mountain sedge is distinguished by Habitat: Moist to somewhat drier forests on steep, rocky mountain slopes.&*! View Stock Photo of American Pika Gathering Sedges For Its Haypiles Rocky Mountains Western Alberta. Find premium, high-resolution photos at Getty s.&*! Leafy tussock sedge (Carex aquatilis) and Northwest Territory sedge (Carex utricalatia) are common in large flat fen sites. Holm&#39s rocky mountain sedge ( Carex&nbsp&*! Holm&#39s Rocky Mountain sedge (Carex scopulorum) mountain sedge Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa Saw-leaf Sedge Carex scopulorum&nbsp&*! Melic grass. Mingan grape fern. Mountain hollyhock. Nodding trisetum. Northern bladderpod. Onion grass. Parry&#39s sedge. Pasture sedge. Purple rattlesnakeroot.&*! Holm&#39s Rocky Mountain Sedge (Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa) 90513 Holm&#39s Rocky Mountain Sedge (Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum) 87824&nbsp&*! Mountain bentgrass (Agrostis variabilis). Shortawn Rocky Mountain fescue ( Festuca saximontana). Thurber&#39s Water sedge (Carex aquatilisvar. aquatilis).&*! Rocky Mountain juniper/red osier dogwood H.T. Drummond willow/beaked sedge H.T.. &#9643 Drummond Holm&#39s Rocky Mountain sedge H.T.. &#9643 Short beaked&nbsp&*! By selecting codistributed, closely related montane sedges from the Rocky Mountains that are similar in virtually all respects but one-their&nbsp&*! TERMIUM is the Government of Canada&#39s terminology and linguistic data bank.&*! plants from the Rocky Mountains, the specific name uisually used has been in clumps or mats, even the grasses and sedges growing there are more or less&nbsp&*! Western Native Seed - Native Plant Seed for the Rocky Mountains and Western Great High Plains/Foothills, Mountain Carex nebrascencis, Nebraska Sedge &nbsp&*! : Western sedge is a densely tufted graminoid 1998. Field. Guide to Intermountain Sedges. Rocky. Mountain Research Station General Technical.&*! GUIDELINES FOR LANDSCAPE AREAS. Western Hackberry. Washington Hawthorn. Pinon Pine. Rocky Mountain Sumac. Nebraska Sedge. Green Needle &nbsp&*! Wild Asparagus Plants Asparagus officinalis. Rocky Mountain Sedge Plants Carex scopulorum. Mountain Dryad (Mature) Dryas octopetala. More Dryad photos-&nbsp&*! Western Inflated Sedge. Information climax species, but its seral role in sedge Sedges. Rocky Mountain Res. Stn. Gen. Tech.l Report RMRS-GTR-. 10. 4.&*!