[syn. Gahnia gahniaeformis]Gaudichaud's sawsedgeCyperaceae (Sedge family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Wahiawa on Kauai, Molokai, Lnai, Maui, and Hawaii Island)Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii IslandPkiawe (Leptecophylla tameiameiae) in the right foreground.
close up image of Carex sartwellii RUNNING MARSH SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single specimen at bloom; anthers are visible. This species is featured in the book - Graceful Splendor: Grasses of the Tallgrass Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.
Flowering spike of Carex cephalotes (snow sedge) growing in the RTBG nursery. Up until 2018 Carex cephalotes was only known in Tasmania from a single specimen collected from Mt Anne back in 1986. In 2019 populations were discovered on the DuCane Range and on Ben Lomond indicating that the species is more widespread but overlooked. Carex cephalotes is an alpine species typically associated with snow depressions.
Oahu sedgeCyperaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Nn or Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis) exhibit at Honolulu Zoo. Geese can be seen in background. White bird on extreme top right is a white pigeon bathing.NPH00001nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Carex_wahuensis_wahuensis
close up image of Carex tetanica COMMON STIFF SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - several specimen at bloom showing both the lower female spike with white stigmas and the upper male spike with beige anthers