Torrent sedge flowering spikes rising from a rock-anchored tussock. Photo: Daniel Levitis, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Carex nudata, commonly known as Torrent Sedge, is
Field sedge flowering spikes rising above fine, grass-like foliage. Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Carex praegracilis, known as Field Sedge or Clustered
California meadow sedge in bloom at Humboldt Bay, showing its fine turf-like foliage. Photo: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Carex
Santa Barbara sedge growing at a streambank, one of its favored habitats. Photo: AerobicFox / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Carex barbarae, commonly known as Santa Barbara
Mountain brome growing among wildflowers at a mid-elevation meadow edge. Photo: Andrey Zharkikh / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Bromus marginatus, commonly known as mountain
Dwarf brodiaea blooming close to the ground in rocky, open soil. Photo: Stan Shebs / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Brodiaea terrestris, commonly called dwarf
Bigleaf sedge showing its characteristically broad leaf and long, drooping pistillate spikes. Photo: Hurd, Shaw, Mastrogiuseppe, Smithman & Goodrich, USDA Forest Service / Wikimedia Commons
Wavy scaly cloak fern rooted in a rock crevice, its typical habitat across the arid Southwest. Photo: Alison Northup, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Astrolepis
Scarlet locoweed forms a low silvery mat studded with brilliant red flowers on stony desert ground. Photo: Jim Morefield, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Astragalus
A freckled milkvetch plant’s silvery, pinnately divided foliage spreads low over rocky ground. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Astragalus lentiginosus, commonly
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