Species: Carex sychnocephala
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Many-headed Sedge forms clumps without rhizomes and has slender stems that are 5-50 cm high. The lowest leaves are reduced to scales; the upper are flat and 1-4 mm wide. Flowers occur in 4-15 globose spikes clustered together at the top of the stem. The lower spikes are subtended by long, leaf-like bracts that greatly surpass the inflorescence. Inconspicuous male flowers (recognized by the old stamens) occur at the base of each spike. Pale green or tan perigynia are 5-7 mm long and ca. 1 mm wide and narrowly lance-shaped with a long beak and serrated margins. The pale, thin, lance-shaped scales have a green midvein and are ca. 1/2 the length of the perigynia that they subtend. There are 2 styles, and the achenes are 2-sided.
Classification
Monocotyledoneae
Cyperales
Cyperaceae
Carex
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Many-headed Sedge forms clumps without rhizomes and has slender stems that are 5-50 cm high. The lowest leaves are reduced to scales; the upper are flat and 1-4 mm wide. Flowers occur in 4-15 globose spikes clustered together at the top of the stem. The lower spikes are subtended by long, leaf-like bracts that greatly surpass the inflorescence. Inconspicuous male flowers (recognized by the old stamens) occur at the base of each spike. Pale green or tan perigynia are 5-7 mm long and ca. 1 mm wide and narrowly lance-shaped with a long beak and serrated margins. The pale, thin, lance-shaped scales have a green midvein and are ca. 1/2 the length of the perigynia that they subtend. There are 2 styles, and the achenes are 2-sided.