Vascular Plants - Cyperaceae - Carex:
Carex aquatilis
water sedge 
Blooms: June - August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Circumboreal at high latitudes; east of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon
Habitat: Standing water or saturated soil, foothills to near timberline in the mountains
Subspecies & Varieties:
Accepted Name:
Carex aquatilis Wahl.
Synonyms:
(none)

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Carex aquatilis
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Carex aquatilis specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Carex aquatilis specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Carex aquatilis treatment.

E-Flora BC: Carex aquatilis atlas page.

CalPhotos: Carex aquatilis images.

USDA Plants Database: Carex aquatilis.
Additional photographs of Carex aquatilis:
(click on a thumbnail to view larger photo)

Clayton J. Antieau, 1991

Clayton J. Antieau, 1992

Fred Weinmann, 1998

Fred Weinmann, 1998

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Bud Kovalchik

Craig Althen, 2010
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