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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
inland sedge 15
Carex interior
hoary sedge 16
Carex canescens
dry land sedge 17
Carex siccata
Douglas' sedge 2
Carex douglasii
spikeletrush sedge 18
Carex duriuscula
field sedge 19
Carex praegracilis
Analogue Sedge 20
Carex simulata
Awl-fruited Sedge 21
Carex stipata
long-bracted sedge 22
Carex athrostachya
Bebb's Sedge 23
Carex bebbii
Shortbeak Sedge 24
Carex brevior
Ebony Sedge 3
Carex ebenea
straw sedge 25
Carex foenea
Cloud Sedge 26
Carex haydeniana
small-winged sedge 6
Carex microptera
starry broomsedge 10
Carex pachystachya
fox sedge 27
Carex vulpinoidea
two-seeded sedge 17
Carex disperma
globe sedge 28
Carex perglobosa
threadleaf sedge 29
Carex filifolia
Grassyslope Sedge 1
Carex oreocharis
Geyer's sedge 2
Carex geyeri
Rocky Mountain Sedge 30
Carex saximontana

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