Grasses and Sedges of Wawina Peatland SNA
Creeping sedge (Carex chordorrhiza)
Carex chordorrhiza, commonly called creeping sedge or string sedge, is a species of perennial plant in the family Cyperaceae with Holarctic distribution growing in acidic bogs.
Candle-lantern sedge (Carex limosa)
Carex limosa is a species of sedge known by the common names bog-sedge, mud sedge and shore sedge.
Bog wiregrass sedge (Carex oligosperma)
Carex oligosperma, common name fewseed sedge, few-seeded sedge, and few-fruited sedge, is a perennial plant in the Carex genus. A distinct variety, Carex oligosperma var. oligosperma, exists.
Few-flowered sedge (Carex pauciflora)
Carex pauciflora, known as few-flowered sedge, is a perennial species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae native to Holarctic wetlands. The specific epithet pauciflora, refers to the Latin term for 'few flowered'.
