Carex spicata
PNW
WA
2 specimens from 2 herbaria:
Washington (2)
San Juan (2)
Carex spicata Huds.
Annotated by Zika, P., 2007.

Washington: San Juan County: False Bay Road near head of False Bay, by Rainshadow Road, San Juan Island, Puget Sound. Elev. 10.00 m.
Loosely cespitose, perigyniz ascending, 4.5-5 x 2-2.3 mm wide; fresh scales orange with green midvein, ligules to 5 mm long.

Peter F. Zika 23393, Aug 11, 2007
OSC, Catalog: OSC228312
Carex spicata Huds.

Washington: San Juan County: False Bay Road near head of False Bay, by Rainshadow Road, San Juan Island, Puget Sound. Elev. 10 meters
Coordinate Source: Field measured.
Occasional in grassy ditches and damp edges of fields, full sun. Associated taxa: Holcus lanatus, Agrostis gigantea, A. stolonifera, Juncus bufonius, J. ensifolius, J. hesperius. Loosely cespitose; perigynia ascending, 4.5-5 x 2-2.3 mm wide; fresh scales orange with green midvein, ligules to 5 mm long.

Peter F. Zika 23393, Aug 11, 2007
WS, Accession: 377714