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
close up image of Carex tetanica COMMON STIFF SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single specimen at bloom; note the anthers on the upper male spike dying back at the low end of the spike, ready to disperse pollen in the middle area of the spike, and just emerging at the tip of the spike. This species is featured in the book, Graceful Splendor: Grasses of the Tallgrass Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.
field image of Carex tetanica COMMON STIFF SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a single specimen just starting to bloom; notice the erect structure of the plant, leading to its common name of 'stiff' sedge
