stock photos of wildlife, plants, and scenic landscapes

Photos of Wetland Carex Sedges
 

Carex utriculata ~ beaked sedge

Image 73 of 78



All images shown within the Wetland Photos section of kgNaturePhotography.com are free to use for all noncommercial applications. Appropriate photo credit should be given to kgNaturePhotography.com when an image from this website is used for another publication. If you want to license a high-resolution version of any of our photos for commercial purposes, please contact us.

Characteristics:
  • OBL
  • Michigan C Value: 5
  • some consider to be a variety of Carex rostrata
  • lacks reflexed perigynia
  • perigynia up to 150 per spikelet
  • perigynia shiny, few-nerved, inflated
  • perigynia pale yellow to golden brown, ovoid, up to 7mm long
  • spongy-based culms
  • smooth or only slightly scabrous culms
  • culms up to 1.2m tall
  • flowers from May through early June
  • native
© 2008 kgNaturePhotography.com