common tussock sedge, hummock sedge, tussock sedge, uptight sedge
Distinctive tussocks and fibrous (ladder-filamentose) lower leaf sheaths. Common in sedge meadows and marshes. This specimen found next to Bluff Creek.
Specimen Scan
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| Carex stricta Lam. common tussock sedge, hummock sedge, tussock sedge, uptight sedge Distinctive tussocks and fibrous (ladder-filamentose) lower leaf sheaths. Common in sedge meadows and marshes. This specimen found next to Bluff Creek. Specimen Scan | |
achene | dorsal sheath | field photo |
field photo | field photo | field photo |
inflorescence scan | ligule | plantbase |
plantbase | perigynium | pistillate scale |
spikelet | ventral sheath | whole plant scan |