Identificaciones de sedgequeen

Smallflowered woodrush on a talus slope in Alaska Basin on the west side of Buck Mountain, Teton Range, Teton County, Wyoming. Smallflowered woodrush has leaves with closed leaf sheaths and hairy collar regions (expected of Luzula species), drooping panicles, tepals and fruits 2-2.5 mm long, and entire flower bracts and bracteoles.

Lewis monkeyflower growing along a spring that crosses the trail northwest of Buck Mountain Pass, Teton Range, Teton County, Wyoming. This monkeyflower species is abundant at many riparian wetland sites in this area.

Mountain sedge around the margin of Sunset Lake, Alaska Basin south of Hurricane Pass, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Teton Range, Teton County, Wyoming. Mountain sedge is common in wetland settings in the Teton Range, but in this area this sedge species appears to replace water sedge (Carex aquatilis), which is otherwise common along lake margins in the Teton Range. The densely aggregated spikelets, do not have the long and slender architecture of those of water sedge. Also, the terminal spikelet often comprises many pistillate flowers, which contrasts to the strictly staminate terminal spikelet of water sedge. Perigynia are generally ellipsoid, which suggests var. bracteosa.

Alpine wintergreen growing in montane understory just below Alaska Basin along the South Fork Teton Creek, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Teton Range, Teton County, Wyoming. The fleshy glabrous fruits derive in large part from the fleshy calyx. This fruit type in addition to inflorescences of solitary axillary flowers and thin leaves with shallowly toothed margins are distinctions of this species.

Woodrush sedge in a montane moist meadow just below Alaska Basin along the South Fork Teton Creek, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Teton Range, Teton County, Wyoming. This variety, according to Barbara Wilson (in print), is distinguished by an inflorescence of loosely arranged spikelets, perigynia ascending and purplish at least distally, and the pale midvein of pistillate scales and not extending to tip. Inflorescences protrude well above the subtending bracts, which is distinguishing given close relatives of Carex luzulina (e.g., Carex utriculata, Carex vesicaria).

Western coneflower abundant in a dry montane meadow along South Fork Teton Creek, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Teton Range, Teton County, Wyoming. Single flowering heads per flowering stem each rayless and with a conical receptacle distinguish this native perennial forb species.