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Scanned 30 October 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Inyo Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road”, Mono County, California: Warm Springs.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1160, 24 Jun 2015.

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Scanned 30 October 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1160, 24 Jun 2015.

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Photographed 10 June 2024.

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Photographed 10 June 2024.

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Photographed 10 June 2024.

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Photographed 10 June 2024.

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Scanned 30 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1088, 25 April 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass-like herb to 22 cm.; Rhizomes unknown; Inflorescence, mostly staminate, or all pistillate; Bract, subtending lowest spike, 7 mm., does not form a sheath entirely around stem; Spikes, >1 per stem, neither androgynous nor gynecandrous; Scales, pistillate, 4 mm.; Perigynium, 3 mm. × 0.8 mm., surface glabrous, green, margin, not winged, beak, serrulate, brown; Stigmas, 2.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1088, 25 Apr 2015.

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Scanned 30 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1088, 25 April 2015, characters observed: Perennial grass-like herb to 22 cm.; Rhizomes unknown; Inflorescence, mostly staminate, or all pistillate; Bract, subtending lowest spike, 7 mm., does not form a sheath entirely around stem; Spikes, >1 per stem, neither androgynous nor gynecandrous; Scales, pistillate, 4 mm.; Perigynium, 3 mm. × 0.8 mm., surface glabrous, green, margin, not winged, beak, serrulate, brown; Stigmas, 2.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1088, 25 Apr 2015.

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Photograph taken 5 July 2010 in Big Sand Flat.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010 Coll No 640.

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Scanned 7 June 2011.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010 Coll No 640.

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Scanned 7 June 2011.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010 Coll No 640.

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Scanned 19 February 2013.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Cottonwood Canyon, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 843, 20 Jun 2013.

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Scanned 19 February 2013.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Cottonwood Canyon, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 843, 20 Jun 2013.

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Scanned 19 February 2013.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Cottonwood Canyon, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Cottonwood Canyon Road: at miners cabin.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 843, 20 Jun 2013.

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The grid spacing is 1/4 inch.

Coll. No. 472, 29 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial to 5 dm; Bracts lowest bract well-exceeding the infloresence; Infloresence lateral spikelets sessile; Spikelets > 2 per culm, terminal spikelet has female flowers above male flowers (gynecandrous); Perianth without petal-like parts, subtended by a chaff-like bract; Perigynia thin at maturity, flat except where distended by achene; Anthers basifixed; Ovary 1, completely enveloped in a closed sac-like bract; Styles and Stigmas 2.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 472, 26 Jun 2007.

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Photographed 3 February 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3215, 8 Sep 2023.

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Photographed 5 July 2026.

Coll. No. 3588, 1 June 2026, characters observed: Cespitose sedge, to 44 cm.; Leaves, 2.9 mm. wide, sheath, hyaline, not cross-rugulose; Inflorescence, 18 mm. × 12 mm. wide, spikes crowded, bract, 10-20 mm., usually < inflorescence; Spikes, 7 mm. × 4 mm. wide, gynecandrous; Pistillate scales, 3 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, brown, margin white hyaline; Perigynum, 3.5 mm. × 2.9 mm. wide, ovate, plano-convex, beak, 1.9 mm., not serrulate; Anthers, bristles at tip; Stigmas, 2; Achene, 1.2 mm. × 1.0 mm. wide, bi-convex.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3588, 1 Jun 2026.

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Photographed 17 December 2018.

Coll. No. 1939, 14 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial sedge; Habit: rhizomatous; Culms: to 60 cm., base, brown; Leaves: 2.0-2.5 mm. wide, green, margins, slightly scarious, sheaths, ventrally, tan + brown-dotted, smooth; Inflorescence: 17 mm. × 13 mm. wide, #4 spikes, loosely clustered; Spikes: identical appearing, sessile, 8 mm. × 6 mm. wide, gynecandrous; Bracts: 6.5 mm., short, proximal, 8 mm., setaceous; Pistillate scales: 4 mm. × 2 mm. wide, <perigynia, green mid-vein, brown laterally; Perigynia: many per spike, 4.3 mm. × 3 mm. wide, winged, veined both sides, glabrous; Beak: 1.5 mm., ±sloping to tip, serrulate; Achene: 1.7 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, biconvex, oblong; Stigma: #2.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Carex brevior.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1939, 14 Jun 2018.

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Scanned 16 December 2016.

Article records that use this photograph:

• North Table Loop, Jefferson County, Colorado: near creek.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1450, 22 Jun 2016.

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Scanned 21 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1145, 15 June 2015, characters observed: Grass-like perennial, to 75 cm.; Leaves, basal and lower cauline; Inflorescence, terminal, multiple individually distinct spikelets; Bracts, 9 mm., <inflorescence and spikelets, lacking sheath, strong central vein, Spikelets, 4-6 per stem, 10 mm. × 5 mm. wide, gynecandrous (staminate below, pistillate above); Scales, thin, <perigynia; Perigynia, 4.5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, 1.5 × long as wide, glabrous, margin, ±winged, entire below, serrulate above, beak, 1.4 mm., flat, serrulate to tip; Stigmas, 2; Achene, 2 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, lenticular.

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Scanned 16 December 2020.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Carex conoidea, 18-Jul-2019.

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Scanned 16 December 2020.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Carex conoidea, 18-Jul-2019.

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Scanned 16 December 2020.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Carex conoidea, 18-Jul-2019.

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Scanned 16 December 2020.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Carex conoidea, 18-Jul-2019.

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Scanned 16 December 2020.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Carex conoidea, 18-Jul-2019.

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21 February 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Detailed Notes About Colorado Taxa: Notes on Carex douglasii, Hooker, 1839.

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Scanned 4 Oct 2011. Scale marks in millimeters.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 596, 16 Jun 2010..

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Scanned 4 Oct 2011. Scale in centimeters.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw.
• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Carex douglasii.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 596, 16 Jun 2010..

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21February 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Detailed Notes About Colorado Taxa: Notes on Carex duriuscula,Meyer, 1831.

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Scanned 29 November 2018.

Coll. No. 1910.1, 31 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial sedge, caespitose, to 17 cm.; Inflorescence, <leaves, differentiated spikes, basal spikes present; Spikes, terminal spike, staminate, 10 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide; lateral spikes, pistillate, #2, 3-4 flowered; Pistillate scales, ovate, ±=perigynia; Perigynia, suborbicular, 4 mm., pubescent, beak, 1.5 mm.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1910.1, 31 May 2018..

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Photographed 9 April 2019.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Tertiiary Trail, South Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado: near property line.
• Field Notes: 9 Apr 2019.

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Photographed 3 April 2017.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Social Trail (Parfet Estates Drive to Landing Zone), Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: along trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1568, 3 Apr 2017.

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Scanned 12 June 2015.

Coll. No. 1079, 23 April 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 16 cm., prior year leaves to 23 cm.; Rhizome, unknown (none found); Culm, 11.5 cm. × 0.6 mm., ±triangular, but obscured by white striations at least when dry; Leaves, 12 cm. × 1.5 mm., ±flat, some folded ≤30°.; Inflorescence, multiple spikes, all approximate (I think this means all pretty close together), 1-2 pistillate spike(s) below, 1 staminate spike above; Bracts, lowest, blade 8 mm., sheath 4.5 mm., papery; Pistillate spike, peduncled 1.0-1.3 mm., 9 mm., brown (not black); Staminate spike, terminal, 16 mm., ovoid (not cylindric), brown (not black); Scales, >perigynum body; Perigynum, pubescent on faces, margin ciliate; Achenes, unknown.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1079, 23 Apr 2015.

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Scanned 12 June 2015.

Coll. No. 1079, 23 April 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 16 cm., prior year leaves to 23 cm.; Rhizome, unknown (none found); Culm, 11.5 cm. × 0.6 mm., ±triangular, but obscured by white striations at least when dry; Leaves, 12 cm. × 1.5 mm., ±flat, some folded ≤30°.; Inflorescence, multiple spikes, all approximate (I think this means all pretty close together), 1-2 pistillate spike(s) below, 1 staminate spike above; Bracts, lowest, blade 8 mm., sheath 4.5 mm., papery; Pistillate spike, peduncled 1.0-1.3 mm., 9 mm., brown (not black); Staminate spike, terminal, 16 mm., ovoid (not cylindric), brown (not black); Scales, >perigynum body; Perigynum, pubescent on faces, margin ciliate; Achenes, unknown.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1079, 23 Apr 2015.

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Photographed 10 August 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1816, 10 May 2018.

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Photographed 16 April 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1784, 16 Apr 2018.

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Photographed 10 August 2018.

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• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1816, 10 May 2018.

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Photographed 3 April 2017.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Social Trail (Parfet Estates Drive to Landing Zone), Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: along trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1568, 3 Apr 2017.

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Photographed 23 December 2017.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1568, 3 Apr 2017.

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Photographed 23 December 2017.

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• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1568, 3 Apr 2017.

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Photographed 14 March 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Carex inops heliophila.
• Social Trail, North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado: at corner.
• Field Notes: 14 Mar 2018.

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Scanned 28 September 2017

Article records that use this photograph:

• Social Trail (Parfet Estates Drive to Landing Zone), Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: along trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1568, 3 Apr 2017.

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Photographed 29 December 2025.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3439.2, 2 Jul 2025.

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Photographed 29 December 2025.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3439.2, 2 Jul 2025.

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Microphotographed 29 December 2025.

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• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3439.3, 2 Jul 2025.

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Photographed 14 June 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Miscellaneous Notes on the Colorado Flora: Carex leptalea.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3602, 12 Jun 2026.

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Photographed 12 June 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 6190, 12 Jun 2026.

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Photographed 12 June 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3602, 12 Jun 2026.

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Photographed 12 June 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3602, 12 Jun 2026.

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Photographed 12 June 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3602, 12 Jun 2026.

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Scanned 7 Mar 2013.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 01S25, "Parker Creek Road," Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: near campground.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 868, 23 Jun 2013.

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Scanned 9 October 2019.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2070, 6 Jun 2019.

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Scanned 16 March 2011. Background grid is 10 x 10 to the inch.

Coll. No. 508, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed: Perennial, herbaceous, to 50 cm., glabrous throughout; Inflorescence, ≥2 spikelets, lowest bract sheathless (Sect. Phacocystis per Taylor, 2010), pistillate and staminate flowers on same stem, terminal spikelet staminate (Group 8 per TJM2); Spikelets, 2 or more on each culm, lateral spikelets pedunculate, 30 mm. × 5 mm. wide, length 6× width; Perigynum, body 1.8 mm. + beak 0.3 mm. = 2.1 mm., walls tough, faces veined, but beak not as clearly notched as illustrated in TJM2, teeth minutely hairy; Stigmas 2.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 01N106A, Mono County, California: at collecting locality.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 508, 2-Aug-07.

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Photographed 28 May 2015. Determination tentative, I haven't keyed this collection yet! 9 October 2019: Yup, that's what it is!

Article records that use this photograph:

• Plainview Road, Jefferson County, Colorado.: near coll loc.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1123, 28 May 2015.

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Scanned 28 September 2015.

Coll. No. 1123, 28 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., growing in running water; Inflorescence, 3-5 spikelets, 18-31 mm., cylindrical, lowest pistillate, peduncle 6 mm., stout, erect, intermediate pistillate below and staminate above, upper staminate; Bracts, lowest without sheath; Scales, pistillate, 3.5 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, generally black except prominent midrib and chartaceous margin; Perigynia, 3.0 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, some 3-5 veined, but not all, beak, 0.4 mm, bifid; Stigmas, 2.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1123, 28 May 2015.

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Scanned 28 September 2015.

Coll. No. 1123, 28 May 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., growing in running water; Inflorescence, 3-5 spikelets, 18-31 mm., cylindrical, lowest pistillate, peduncle 6 mm., stout, erect, intermediate pistillate below and staminate above, upper staminate; Bracts, lowest without sheath; Scales, pistillate, 3.5 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, generally black except prominent midrib and chartaceous margin; Perigynia, 3.0 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, some 3-5 veined, but not all, beak, 0.4 mm, bifid; Stigmas, 2.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Carex nebrascensis.
• Plainview Road, Jefferson County, Colorado.: near coll loc.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1123, 28 May 2015.

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Photographed 1 November 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Carex occidentalis.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2508, 4 Jun 2021.

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Scanned 2 December 2018.

Coll. No. 1913, 31 May 2018, characters observed:

Perennial sedge,

Habit, densely caespitose;

Culms, to 60 cm., lightly scabrous below head;

Leaves, 2.2 mm. wide, green, Sheaths, white-hyaline, ventrally smooth;

Inflorescence, 22-26 mm. × 8-9 mm. wide, 8-9 spikes, closely clustered;

Spikes, identical (appearing), brown (but not reddish), 7-9 mm. × 5-6 mm. wide, gynecandrous(?);

There are no anthers. However, there are filaments. In the upper spikes, the flowers are mixed staminate and pistillate with neither appearing to be particularly superior to the other.

Proximal bract, short (7.5 mm.) and setaceous (bristle-like);

Pistillate scales, 3.5 mm., <perigynia, green center, brawn laterally, hyaline margin;

Perigynia, #10 per spike, 3 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, some weakly winged, papillate, beak flattish, ± sloping to tip, serrulate, achene to beak tip, 1.3 mm.;

Achene, 1.7 mm. × 1.4 mm. wide, biconvex;

Stigma, #2.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1913, 31 May 2018.

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Photogaphed 23 April 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3567, 23 Apr 2026.

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Photographed 23 April 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3567, 23 Apr 2026.

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Photographed 23 April 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3567, 23 Apr 2026.

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Scanned 5 July 2020.

Coll. No. 2255, 4 May 2020, characters observed: Perennial sedge, few thin dark rhizomes (?); Culms, to 32 cm., ridges slightly scabrous below head; Leaves, 2.7 mm. wide, green, sheaths, white hyaline, smooth; Inflorescence, 24 mm. × 6 mm. wide, #6± spikes, loosely clustered; Spikes, identical appearing, androgynous, clearly bisexual, 7 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide; Bracts, 5 mm, proximal, 13.5 mm., <inflorescence; Pistillate scales, 4.2 mm., ≥perigynia, green mid-vein, brown laterally, hyaline margin, one margin sometimes folded over perigynia, awn, 0; Perigynia, #6± per spike, 3 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, wingless, veins, 0 or vey obscure, glabrous, beak, <1 mm., ± sloping to tip, achene to beak tip, 1.3 mm.; Achene, 1.7 mm. × 1 mm. wide, ?biconvex–immature, obovate; Stigma, #2; Anthers, #2, 3.4 mm.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2255, 4 May 2020.

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Photographed 23 April 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3567, 23 Apr 2026.

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Scanned 4 July 2019.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1913, 31 May 2018.

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Photographed 3 July 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3587, 1 Jun 2026.

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Photographed 31 May 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1913, 31 May 2018.

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Scanned 16 May 2026.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 11 May 2026.

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Photographed 9 December 2018.

Coll. No. 1928, 8 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial sedge, to 60 cm., rhizomes blackish-brown; Culms, lightly scabrous; Leaves, 3 mm. wide, revolute, sheaths, inner band not elongated; Inflorescence, 25-30 mm. × 5-9 mm. wide, closely clustered; Spikes, 6-7 mm. × 2-4 mm., identical appearing, nearly all staminate with a few pistillate flowers in some spikes; Bracts, proximal, 6.5 mm., leaf-like; Pistillate scales, 5.5 mm., >perigynia; Perigynia, 1(2) in some spikes, 3.5 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, adaxial vein-less, abaxial veined, minutely papillate, beak, 1.5 mm., serrulate; achene to beak tip 1.3 mm.; Achene, 1.7 mm, × 1.1 mm. wide, (nearly) filling the body of the perigynia, biconvex; Stigma, #2; Anthers, 1.3 mm., apex bristly.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Carex praegracilis.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1928, 8 Jun 2018.

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Photographed 14 January 2019.

Coll. No. 1806, 8 May 2018. characters observed: Perennial sedge, Habit: rhizomatous; Culms: to 45 mm., scabrous below head; Leaves: 2.2 mm. wide, green, sheaths, white-hyaline, smooth; Inflorescence: 27 mm. × 8 mm. wide, #8-10 spikes, loosely clustered; Spikes: identical appearing, terminal androgynous, lateral androgynous, proximal pistillate, 8 mm. × 5 mm. wide; Bracts: proximal, 24 mm., <inflorescence, setaceous (bristle-like); Pistillate scales: 4 mm. × 2 mm. wide, green mid-vein, brown laterally, hyaline margin, one scale margin just barely folded over edge of perigynum; Perigynia: #15-16 per spike, 3.8 mm. × 1.6 mm. wide, wingless, obscurely veined, glabrous, beak, 0.8 mm., flattish, ±sloping to tip, serrulate, achene to beak tip 1.6 mm.; Achene: 2.1 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, pretty flat, obovate; Stigma: #2.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Cottonwood Canyon Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado: head of landslide.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1806, 7 May 2018.

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Photographed 24 May 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1881, 24 May 2018.

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Photographed 18 June 2024.

Coll. No. 3250, 10 June 2024, characters observed: Perennial sedge, cespitose, to 30 cm.; Leaves, 0.7 mm. wide, green, sheaths margins white-hyaline; Inflorescence, 30 mm. × 5 mm. wide, 3-5 spikes; Spikes, basal present, terminal staminate, lateral, pistillate, 2-4; Bracts, proximal 20 mm., ±= inflorescence, leaf-like; Pistillate scales, 3 mm., >perigynia, green mid-vein, brown laterally, hyaline margin, awn 0; Perigynia, 2-4 per pistillate spike, 2.7 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, wingless, pubescent, beak 0.7-1.3 mm., bi-dentate; Achene, spherical, 1.5 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, black, smut-infested?; Stigma, #3; Anthers, not seen.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3250, 10 Jun 2024.

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Scanned 17 June 2024.

Coll. No. 3250, 10 June 2024, characters observed: Perennial sedge, cespitose, to 30 cm.; Leaves, 0.7 mm. wide, green, sheaths margins white-hyaline; Inflorescence, 30 mm. × 5 mm. wide, 3-5 spikes; Spikes, basal present, terminal staminate, lateral, pistillate, 2-4; Bracts, proximal 20 mm., ±= inflorescence, leaf-like; Pistillate scales, 3 mm., >perigynia, green mid-vein, brown laterally, hyaline margin, awn 0; Perigynia, 2-4 per pistillate spike, 2.7 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, wingless, pubescent, beak 0.7-1.3 mm., bi-dentate; Achene, spherical, 1.5 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, black, smut-infested?; Stigma, #3; Anthers, not seen.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3250, 10 Jun 2024.

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Photographed 16 December 2019.

Coll. No. 2163, 16 July 2019, characters observed: Perennial sedge, caespitose, to 60 cm., lightly scabrous below head; Leaves, 2 mm. wide, green sheaths, white-hyaline, centrally smooth; Inflorescence, 22 mm. × 15 mm. wide, spikes, #6, closely clustered; Spikes, identical appearing, gynecandrous, 10 mm. × 5 mm. wide, terminal spike clavate; Bracts, 9 mm. long, proximal, 20 mm., =inflorescence, bristle-like; Pistillate scales, <perigynia, mid-vein, green, margin, hyaline, awn, absent; Perigynia, many per spike, 5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, winged, faces, veined, adaxial veins, #7-9, glabrous, beak, 1.5 mm., ±sloping to tip, achene to beak tip, 2.5-2.8 mm.; Achene, 1.3 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, oval, biconvex; Stigma, #2.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2163, 16 Jul 2019.

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Scanned 16 December 2019.

Coll. No. 2163, 16 July 2019, characters observed: Perennial sedge, caespitose, to 60 cm., lightly scabrous below head; Leaves, 2 mm. wide, green sheaths, white-hyaline, centrally smooth; Inflorescence, 22 mm. × 15 mm. wide, spikes, #6, closely clustered; Spikes, identical appearing, gynecandrous, 10 mm. × 5 mm. wide, terminal spike clavate; Bracts, 9 mm. long, proximal, 20 mm., =inflorescence, bristle-like; Pistillate scales, <perigynia, mid-vein, green, margin, hyaline, awn, absent; Perigynia, many per spike, 5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, winged, faces, veined, adaxial veins, #7-9, glabrous, beak, 1.5 mm., ±sloping to tip, achene to beak tip, 2.5-2.8 mm.; Achene, 1.3 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, oval, biconvex; Stigma, #2.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2163, 16 Jul 2019.

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Scanned 9 December 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3293, 3 Jul 2024.

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Photographed 31 December 2024.

Coll. No. 3293, 3 July 2024, characters observed: Perennial sedge, robust, 65 cm., ridges scabrous below head; Leaves, 6 mm. wide, green, sheaths, white hyaline, cross rugulose; Inflorescence, 40 mm. × 10 mm. wide, #15± spikes, clustered; Spikes, identical appearing, unable to determine whether androgynous or gynecandrous; Bracts, proximal, 10 mm., <inflorescence; Pistillate scales, <perigynia; Perigynia, many, 4 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, flat adaxially, weakly winged, beak, 2 mm., sloping to tip, serrulate; Achene, 1.2 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, biconvex, obovate; Stigmas, #2;

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3293, 3 Jul 2024.

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Photographed 17 December 2024.

Coll. No. 3314, 22 July 2024, characters observed: Perennial, sedge, to 60 cm., rhizomatous; Leaves, with cross-walls, not pubescent, sheath, smooth; Inflorescence, 200 mm. × 9 mm. wide, 5-6 spikes; Spikes, differentiated, basal, absent, terminal, staminate, 26 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, lateral, pistillate, erect, 30 mm. × 8 mm. wide, ±cylindric; Bracts, proximal, 280 mm., >inflorescence; Scales, pistillate, 3-3.5 mm., <perigynia; Perigynia, 3.5 mm., glabrous, yellowish, beak, distinct; Stigma, #3; Anthers, 2.3 mm.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3314, 22 July 2024.

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Photograph taken 1 September.

At first, I thought a Carex. However, it certainly looks like an annual. So it could be Cyperus.

24 Oct 2011: Characters observed while keying this collection: Monocot; Perianth without petal-like parts, bristles absent; Flowers borne concealed within axils of stramineous (chaff-like or husk-like) bracts; Floral bracts 2-ranked, 5-11-veined (observed: 7), tip recurved; Perigynia absent; Ovary unilocular; Styles 3; Seed widest near top.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Col. #727.

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Scanned 24 Oct 2011.

Characters observed while keying this collection: Monocot; Perianth without petal-like parts, bristles absent; Flowers borne concealed within axils of stramineous (chaff-like or husk-like) bracts; Floral bracts 2-ranked, 5-11-veined (observed: 7), tip recurved; Perigynia absent; Ovary unilocular; Styles 3; Seed widest near top.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Col. #727.

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Scanned 24 Oct 2011.

Characters observed while keying this collection: Monocot; Perianth without petal-like parts, bristles absent; Flowers borne concealed within axils of stramineous (chaff-like or husk-like) bracts; Floral bracts 2-ranked, 5-11-veined (observed: 7), tip recurved; Perigynia absent; Ovary unilocular; Styles 3; Seed widest near top.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Col. #727.

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Scanned 30 October 2018.

Determination tentative.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1832, 17 May 2018.

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Scanned 17 May 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Eleocharis acicularis.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1832, 17 May 2018.

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Photographed 17 May 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Eleocharis acicularis.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1832, 17 May 2018.

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Photographed 17 November 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Eleocharis compressa.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2532, 29 Jun 2021.

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Microphotographed 6 February 2019.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2204, 27 Aug 2019.

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Scanned 11 January 2016.

Article records that use this photograph:

• North Table Loop, Jefferson County, Colorado: near Golden Cliffs Trl.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1275, 29 Jul 2015.

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Scanned 5 January 2018.

I think the little thing coming off the crown to the left is a rhizome.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1728, 28 Jul 2017.

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Scanned 11 December 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1215, 16 Jul 2015.

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Photographed 16 October 2017.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Gualala, Mendocino County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• California Highway 1: in Gualala.
• Field Notes: 16 Oct 2017.

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Scanned 30 October 2015.

The thing to see here are the long awns on the scales.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Schoenoplectus pungens.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1163, 24 Jun 2015.

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Photographed 9 January 2019.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani.
• Illinois Street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: at Deadman Gl.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1962, 7 Jul 18.

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Scanned 20 March 2011. Background grid is 10 x 10 to the inch.

Coll. No. 521, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed: Perennial, to 60 cm.; Leaves, cauline present; Inflorescence, terminal; Spikelets, ±30 flowers, not flat, in head-like clusters; Bracts, spiraled? (not 2-ranked); Flower, bisexual, not enclosed in a sac-like structure; Perianth bristles curved around fruit.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 01S24, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: at pkg.
• Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

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Photographed 29 August 2013.

Coll. No. 900, 24 Aug 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial terrestrial herb of wet places, to 50 cm, glabrous throughout; Stem leafy, flowering stems with cauline leaves > 1; Inflorescence of many spikelets on pedicels up to 3 cm; Spikelets not flat; Flowers many per spikelet, open, pistillate and staminate flowers in same spikelet; Perigynium absent; Perianth bristles ≥fruit, slightly recurved, uniformly finely-toothed; Pistils 1; Stigmas 2; Fruit, achene, 1-seeded, 2-angled.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Rattlesnake Gulch Road, Mono County, CA: at upper cabin.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 900.

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Scanned 29 August 2013.

Coll. No. 900, 24 Aug 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial terrestrial herb of wet places, to 50 cm, glabrous throughout; Stem leafy, flowering stems with cauline leaves > 1; Inflorescence of many spikelets on pedicels up to 3 cm; Spikelets not flat; Flowers many per spikelet, open, pistillate and staminate flowers in same spikelet; Perigynium absent; Perianth bristles ≥fruit, slightly recurved, uniformly finely-toothed; Pistils 1; Stigmas 2; Fruit, achene, 1-seeded, 2-angled.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Rattlesnake Gulch Road, Mono County, CA: at upper cabin.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 900.

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Scanned 2 January 2017.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Scirpus pallidus.
• Survey Field Road, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: 11000.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1488, 6 Jul 2016.

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