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.

bottlebrush sedge ¹
Carex hystericina

Northwest Territory sedge ²
Carex utriculata

inflated sedge ³
Carex vesicaria

Edited by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

1. Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to Intermountain sedges. General Technical Report RMS-GTR-10. USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Ogden. Courtesy of USDA FS RMRS Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab., no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
2. (c) M. Goff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by M. Goff
3. (c) Mr. Tonreg, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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