[Sedges: The Genus Carex East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Gray Sedge, Silvery Sedge

Carex canescens ssp. canescens

Synonyms: Carex curta, Carex canescens ssp. canescens

Inflorescence of Grey Sedge, Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens

A close-up of the inflorescence of what appears to be silvery sedge as seen on the shore of High Lake, Strawberry Mt. Wilderness.........July 17, 2013.

Grey Sedge, Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens - Grey Sedge, Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens - Grey Sedge, Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens

Inflorescence of Grey Sedge, Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens - Inflorescence of Grey Sedge, Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens

Additional images of silvery sedge as seen with lakeshore sedge (Carex lenticularis ssp. lipocarpa) on the shore of High Lake, Strawberry Mt. Wilderness.........July 17, 2013. If this isn't silvery sedge then this would most likely be early sedge (Carex praeceptorum).

Inflorescence of Grey Sedge, Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens (Synonyms: Carex curta, Carex canescens ssp. canescens) - Grey Sedge, Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens (Synonyms: Carex curta, Carex canescens ssp. canescens) - Perigynia of Grey Sedge, Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens (Synonyms: Carex curta, Carex canescens ssp. canescens)

What appears to be silvery sedge as seen in a floating bog about one or two miles south of Goodrich Meadows, Colville National Forest..........June 24, 2016.

Paul Slichter