CYPERACEAE

Carex microdonta

Common Name: Small-tooth Caric Sedge

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Carex microdonta(maybe) habit2.jpg (105267 bytes) Carex microdonta(maybe) leavesandspikelets.jpg (100659 bytes)
habit--C. microdonta is rhizomatous, rather than bunchforming leaves--how do these leaves differ from those of Carex planostachys?

Carex microdonta(maybe) stamens.jpg (27577 bytes)

 Carex microdonta(maybe) spikelet2.jpg (14569 bytes)
spikelets--the yellow structures are anthers while the brown structures are stigmas more spikelets

Carex microdonta(maybe) immaturefruits.jpg (53375 bytes)
young fruits