Starflower Image Herbarium & Landscaping Pages Grasses, Sedges, Rushes – pg.1 Starflower Image Herbarium Grasses, Sedges, Rushes © Starflower Foundation, 1996-2007 Washington Native Plant Society These species pages has been valuable and loved for over a decade by WNPS members and the PNW plant community. Untouched since 2007, these pages have been archived for your reference. They contain valuable identifiable traits, landscaping information, and ethnobotanical uses. Species names and data will not be updated. To view updated taxonomical information, visit the UW Burke Herbarium Image Collection website at http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php. For other useful plant information, visit the Native Plants Directory at www.wnps.org. Compiled September 1, 2018 Starflower Image Herbarium & Landscaping Pages Grasses, Sedges, Rushes – pg.2 Contents Carex amplifolia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Bigleaf Sedge ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Carex canescens ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Grey Sedge .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Carex cusickii .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Cusick's Sedge ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Carex obnupta ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Slough Sedge ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Carex pachystachya ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Thick-head Sedge ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Carex stipata ........................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Sawbeak Sedge ................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Carex vulpinoidea ................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Fox Sedge ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Deschampsia cespitosa ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 Tufted Hairgrass ................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Eleocharis palustris ............................................................................................................................................................... 11 Creeping Spikerush ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 Elymus glaucus ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Blue Wild-rye ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Eriophorum chamissonis ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 Chamisso's Cotton-grass ................................................................................................................................................... 13 Festuca rubra ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Red Fescue ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Glyceria elata ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Tall Mannagrass, Fowl Mannagrass .................................................................................................................................. 15 Glyceria grandis .................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Reed Mannagrass .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Hordeum brachyantherum ................................................................................................................................................... 17 Meadow Barley ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Juncus acuminatus ............................................................................................................................................................... 18 Tapertip Rush .................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Juncus ensifolius ................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Daggerleaf Rush ................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Juncus tenuis ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Starflower Image Herbarium & Landscaping Pages Grasses, Sedges, Rushes – pg.3 Slender Rush ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Softstem Bulrush ............................................................................................................................................................... 21 Scirpus maritimus ................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Seacoast Bulrush ............................................................................................................................................................... 22 Scirpus microcarpus .............................................................................................................................................................. 23 Small-flowered Bulrush ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 Sparganium angustifolium ................................................................................................................................................... 24 Narrowleaf Bur-reed ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Sparganium eurycarpum ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Broadfruit Bur-reed ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 References ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26 About Ann Lennartz Founded in 1996 by Ann Lennartz, Starflower Foundation assisted with the creation, rehabilitation, and