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June 18, 2008
Sallow Sedge, Carex lurida

The spiky cylinders on this native wetland sedge are the female flowers. The narrow silvery structure visible below them contains the male, pollen-producing flowers. Each spikelet on the female cluster has an air-filled sac at the base. Later in the season the structure will break apart, releasing the seeds, perhaps to float to a new location.