close up image of Carex tetanica COMMON STIFF SEDGE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - several specimen at bloom showing both the lower female spike with white stigmas and the upper male spike with beige anthers
2011-05-07 Burgenland, district Mattersburg (Kogelberg, 350 msm Quadrant 8264/4).German names: Aufrecht-Trespe + Gross-Windrschen (Steppen-W.)Bromus erectus is the typical grass for this habitat (obviously, there are also many others present); it has just begun flowering.