close up image of Carex sartwellii RUNNING MARSH SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single specimen at bloom; anthers are visible. This species is featured in the book - Graceful Splendor: Grasses of the Tallgrass Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.
Oahu sedgeCyperaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Nn or Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis) exhibit at Honolulu Zoo. Geese can be seen in background. White bird on extreme top right is a white pigeon bathing.NPH00001nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Carex_wahuensis_wahuensis
close up image of Carex tetanica COMMON STIFF SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - several specimen at bloom showing both the lower female spike with white stigmas and the upper male spike with beige anthers
field image of Carex stricta COMMON TUSSOCK SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing the distinctive tussock, or small mound of dirt, that give this species its common name
field image of Carex sartwellii RUNNING MARSH SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a stand of specimens at seed maturity; note the standing water in the background
close up image of Carex tetanica COMMON STIFF SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single specimen at bloom; note the anthers on the upper male spike dying back at the low end of the spike, ready to disperse pollen in the middle area of the spike, and just emerging at the tip of the spike. This species is featured in the book, Graceful Splendor: Grasses of the Tallgrass Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.
close up image of Carex stricta COMMON TUSSOCK SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a small stand at just after bloom; the white on the upper male spikes are filaments left after the anthers have dropped off; the lower female spikes look like miniature heads of corn