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

The photo above shows a close-up of the nodding female spike of mud sedge as photographed in Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.........September 6, 2008. This meadow is inundated with several feet of water until well into summer, and this species can be found along the northern margins of this vernal lake where the water dries by late summer.

The photo above shows a close-up of the terminal, male spike of mud sedge as photographed in Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.........September 6, 2008.

The photo above shows mud sedge as seen in the mud of a drying pond in Grand Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams..........September 28, 2008.

The photo above shows a close-up of the pendant inflorescence of mud sedge as seen in Grand Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams..........September 28, 2008.

The photo above shows a close-up of the perigynia and scales of mud sedge as photographed in Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams...........September 6, 2008.

The photo above shows a close-up of the perigynia and scales of mud sedge as photographed in Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams..........September 6, 2008.