Status: Native
Synonyms:
Carex senta F. Boott
Carex senta forms large streambank clumps. The terminal and lateral spikes are androgynous (contain both
staminate and pistillate flowers with the staminate flowers on top and the pistillate flowers below.) There are 2 stigmas.
The spikes appear either black or black and yellow in the field, depending on the condition of the stamens. The
leaf sheaths are ladder-fibrillose, with fibrous bridges appearing like netting near the base.
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Carex senta, photo Russ Kleinman, Catron Cty., Little Creek, Apr. 28, 2008
Carex senta, creekside habitat, photo Russ Kleinman, Catron Cty., Little Creek, Apr. 28, 2008
Carex senta, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Catron Cty., Little Creek, Apr. 28, 2008
Carex senta, detail of scale and perigynium, photo Russ Kleinman, Catron Cty., Little Creek, Apr. 28, 2008
Carex senta, lower leaf sheaths are ladder fibrillose, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Richard Felger, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, along the West Fork of the Gila, May 28, 2014
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