The Carex of Wisconsin: A Pictorial Guide
With this website, sedge lovers have another tool to understand this challenging genus.
It contains a database of diagnostic pictures of many species of Carex that inhabit Wisconsin. Under each species there are photomicrographs, field photos, and scans.
This work was funded by a Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant from the National Science Foundation.
A Short Introduction to the Genus UW Madison Herbarium Website
Those Responsible
Andy Gardner - Undergraduate Botany Major. Responsible for most of the collecting, all of the photographs, and a lot of the other stuff.
Andrew Hipp - Graduate Student and All-around Stud. Main advisor. Responsible for some of the plant collection. Note: his shirt says, "I'm not loafing, I just work so fast, I'm always finished."
Paul Berry - UW Madison Professor and Director of the Herbarium. Wouldn't sit still for his picture.
Ted Cochrane, Mark Wetter, Glen Barry, Stephen Adam, and many others...