THE FLORA OF MOUNT RAINIER 



CYPERACEAE. (Sedge Family.) 



Eriophorum polystachion Linnaeus. 



This " cotton-grass " occurs in the low ground around the lakes 

 near the base of Pinnacle Peak. 



Carex paddoensis Suksdorf. 



Springy places at 8,000 feet altitude; Allen, 172; Piper, 2541. 



Carex pyrenaica Wahlenberg. 



With the preceding; Allen, 171 ; Piper, 2540. 



Carex phaeocephala Piper. 



Dryish places at 7,500 feet elevation ; Piper, 2535. 



Carex preslii Bailey. 



Common at 5,000 feet, along streams. 



Carex pachystachya Chamisso. 



This species occurs along rills in Paradise Park. 



Carex nigricans Meyer. 



Common at 4,000 to 6,000 feet elevation. 



Carex rossii Boptt. 



On the grassy ridge above Sluiskin Falls. 



Carex geyeri Boott. 



Goat Mountains, Allen, 169. 



Carex mertensii Prescott. 



Rare along stream banks at about 4,000 feet altitude. Some of 

 our specimens came from near the foot of Cowlitz Glacier. 



Carex spectabilis Dewey. 



(C. invisa Bailey.) 



In wet meadows at 4,000 feet elevation. 



Carex scopulorum Holm. 



With the preceding. 



Carex ablata Bailey. 



Frequent in the meadows of Paradise Park. 



Carex accedens Holm. 



Paradise Park; Piper, 2550. 



Carex arcta Boott. 



Mount Rainier, 4,000 feet altitude; Allen 271. 



Carex atrata Linnaeus. 



Collected by Allen, August 14, 1895. 



Carex laeviculmis Meinschausen. 



In swamps near the foot of the mountain. 

 Carex hepburnii Boott. 



A handsome little plant common at 8,000 feet altitude. 



Carex kelloggii W. Boott. 

 Along Paradise River; Piper, 2548. 



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