Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Grasses, Sedges, and Allies

This guide contains grasses, sedges, and rushes that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

White Mountain Sedge ¹
Carex geophila

Long-stolon Sedge ²
Carex inops

Sun Sedge ³
Carex inops heliophila

Ross's sedge ⁴
Carex rossii

Blackened Sedge ⁵
Carex atrosquama

water sedge ⁶
Carex aquatilis

Emory's sedge ⁷
Carex emoryi

Nebraska sedge ²
Carex nebrascensis

Golden Sedge ⁸
Carex aurea

bottlebrush sedge ⁹
Carex hystericina

Northwest Territory sedge ¹⁰
Carex utriculata

inflated sedge ¹¹
Carex vesicaria

Crawe's sedge ¹²
Carex crawei

longbeak sedge ²
Carex sprengelii

Tall Bog-sedge ¹³
Carex magellanica

woolly sedge ¹⁴
Carex pellita

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Grasses, Sedges, and Allies

White Mountain Sedge 1 Carex geophila

Long-stolon Sedge 2 Carex inops

Sun Sedge 3 Carex inops heliophila

Ross's sedge 4 Carex rossii

Blackened Sedge 5 Carex atrosquama

water sedge 6 Carex aquatilis

Emory's sedge 7 Carex emoryi

Nebraska sedge 2 Carex nebrascensis

Golden Sedge 8 Carex aurea

bottlebrush sedge 9 Carex hystericina

Northwest Territory sedge 10 Carex utriculata

inflated sedge 11 Carex vesicaria

Crawe's sedge 12 Carex crawei

longbeak sedge 2 Carex sprengelii

Tall Bog-sedge 13 Carex magellanica

woolly sedge 14 Carex pellita