Section Phacocystis

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Carex crinita
Carex crinita

Long-fringed Sedge (Carex crinita)

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Carex emoryi
Carex emoryi

Emory's Sedge (Carex emoryi)

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Carex gynandra
Pistillate spike of Carex gynandra with the bodies of the scales tapering into the awns.
Pistillate scales, perigynia, and achenes of Carex gynandra
Scabrous leaf sheath of Carex gynandra
Carex gynandra

Nodding sedge (Carex gynandra)

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Carex stricta often forms tussocks, elevating itself above the surrounding substrate
Carex stricta
The ladder-fibrillosa base of a Carex stricta base.

Twisted Sedge (Carex stricta)

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Carex torta

Broad-winged Sedge (Carex torta)

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