bickel's Identifications

Tiny white-tipped perigynia. Flopped-over rhizomatous plant with wiry leaves < 1 mm. Leaves somewhat shorter than culms. Found on trail in mixed-wood at White Cedar edge of Ottawa River. Calcareous parent material.

Brownish basal sheaths with short white hairs. Leaves to 6.5 mm.

Terminal spikes staminate, 2.5-3.0 cm. Lateral spikes 2-5, widely spaced proximally, increasingly closer together distally.

Perigynia with numerous impressed lines. Bent perigynium beaks. Perigynia ~5.0 mm long.