Nature Photos

Image 1: Indian rice grass, or needlegrass, Achnatherum hymenoides

Image 2. European beach grass, Ammophila arenaria
From Caspar Beach, north of Mendocino, CA (non-native)

Image 3. Big quaking grass, big quakinggrass,
or rattlesnake grass, Briza maxima
From the northern California coast, near Mendocino

Image 4. Cheat grass, downy brome, Bromus tectorum

Image 5. Crimson seeded sedge, Carex baccans

Image 6. Crimson seeded sedge, Carex baccans

Image 7. Crimson seeded sedge, Carex baccans

Image 8. Thread leaf sedge or threadleaf sedge, Carex filifolia,
characterized by the way it forms patterns of distinct mounds in sub-alpine environments. Photo from near Tioga Pass, Yosemite

Image 9. San Diego sedge, Carex spissa

Image 10. San Diego sedge, Carex spissa

Image 11. Northwest Territory sedge, Carex utriculata

Image 12. A sedge, Carex sp.

Image 13. A sedge, Carex sp.

Image 14. A sedge, Carex sp.

Image 15. A sedge, Carex sp.

Image 16. A sedge, Carex sp.

Image 17. A sedge, Carex sp.

Image 18. A sedge, Carex sp.

Image 19. Called papyrus sedge, paper reed or Indian matting plant,
Cyperus papyrus

Image 20. Called papyrus sedge, paper reed or Indian matting plant,
Cyperus papyrus

Image 21. Called papyrus sedge, paper reed or Indian matting plant,
Cyperus papyrus

Image 22. Cyperus sp. This genus of sedges is called Nutsedge, or Galingale