![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1629/jpeg/16t.jpg) Star sedge (little prickly sedge, Carex echinata) in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown caterpillar on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brown toad on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/26t.jpg) Swamp mosses on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/09t.jpg) Black worms on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flowers of swamp orchid on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cloudberry near Vetrenoe Lake on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/06t.jpg) Fir needles with water drops on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/08t.jpg) Green weevil beetle on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/22t.jpg) Bud of iris flower near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/23t.jpg) Swamp orchid near Vetrenoe Lake on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/21t.jpg) Bearded iris near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/11t.jpg) One-flowered Wintergreen (Moneses uniflora) on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/05t.jpg) Young fir needles with water drops on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/20t.jpg) Blue iris flower near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/24t.jpg) Close up of swamp orchid near Vetrenoe Lake on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/10t.jpg) Leaf of Grey Alder (Alnus incana) on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/07t.jpg) Grey Alder (Alnus incana, local name Olkha) on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1629/jpeg/14t.jpg) Star sedge (Carex echinata) with fly in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1629/jpeg/15t.jpg) Star sedge (Carex echinata) in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/19t.jpg) Bitter fleabane (Erigeron acris) with insect eggs near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/961/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blister sedge (Carex vesicaria, Russian name Osoka) in a swamp in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dumping area in a forest near 67 Kilometr south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3175/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spores of sedge flower smut fungus (Farysia thuemenii) from southern long sedge (Carex lonchocarpa) collected a day before in Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3176/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of sedge flower smut fungus (Farysia thuemenii) from southern long sedge (Carex lonchocarpa) collected two days before in Bleakwood, Newton County. Texas, June 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3173/jpeg/05t.jpg) Southern long sedge (Carex lonchocarpa) with sedge flower smut fungus (Farysia thuemenii) in wet area of baygall forest on D. L. property. Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 11, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1594/jpeg/15t.jpg) Black sedge (Carex nigra) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2739/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bottle-brush sedge (Porcupine sedge, Carex hystericina(?)) on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2503/jpeg/26t.jpg) Japanese Sedge (Carex morrowii Variegata ) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3176/jpeg/01t.jpg) Hop sedge (Carex lupulina) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3176/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close-up of hop sedge (Carex lupulina) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/856/jpeg/11t.jpg) Bottle-brush sedge (Porcupine sedge, Carex hystericina) showing elongate egg-shaped spike with perigynia on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3176/jpeg/03t.jpg) Hop sedge (Carex lupulina) on a clearing over a pipeline in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/20t.jpg) Sedge (Carex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3369/jpeg/10t.jpg) Sedge Carex stipata in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2902/jpeg/24t.jpg) Hop sedge (Carex lupulina) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2896/jpeg/19t.jpg) Some small sedge (Carex) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3369/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cherokee sedge (Carex cherokeensis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/04t.jpg) Awl-fruited sedge (Carex stipata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3506/jpeg/11t.jpg) Some small sedge (Carex) on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, April 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2896/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cherokee sedge (Carex cherokeensis)(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3354/jpeg/19t.jpg) Some sedge (Carex) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1461/jpeg/18t.jpg) Sedge (Carex gigantea) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2903/jpeg/04t.jpg) Male flowers of hop sedge (Carex lupulina) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2902/jpeg/25t.jpg) Back lit perigynia of Hop sedge (Carex lupulina) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1461/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close up of sedge (Carex gigantea) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spider on a net south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2902/jpeg/23t.jpg) Bladder-like sacs (perigynia) enclosing female flowers of Hop sedge (Carex lupulina) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/349/jpeg/18t.jpg) Vetrenoye Lake south from Sosnovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/349/jpeg/16t.jpg) A road in a forest south from Sosnovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2693/jpeg/40t.jpg) Female (inflated) and male flowers of some sedge (Carex) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, April 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/25t.jpg) Fir forest near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/591/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flattened frogs on a forest road near Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 12, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cat sitting near a summer house south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2898/jpeg/20t.jpg) Some sedge (Carex) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/17t.jpg) Female flowers of Southern waxy sedge (Carex glaucescens) on Pitcher Plant Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/16t.jpg) Male flower of Southern waxy sedge (Carex glaucescens) on Pitcher Plant Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3133/jpeg/03t.jpg) Fox sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/18t.jpg) Puddles on a road near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/24t.jpg) Forest road near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/27t.jpg) Forest damaged by a hurricane near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/17t.jpg) Forest damaged by a hurricane two years before near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) with a mosquito near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/15t.jpg) Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea(?)) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dog Vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica(?)) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/14t.jpg) Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea, Russian name Zolotarnik) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/11t.jpg) Heather (Calluna vulgaris, Russian name Veresk) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pine forest damaged by a hurricane two years before near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/349/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flower of Orchis maculata (Russian name Yatryshnik) in a marsh near Vetrenoye Lake south from Sosnovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fruit of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/21t.jpg) Ripe cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/23t.jpg) Common Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata, Russian name Shlemnik) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/12t.jpg) Milk Cap mushroom (Lactarius rufus, Russian name Gorkushka) in moss near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fruits of common blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus, Russian name Chernika) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2663/jpeg/16t.jpg) Some blooming sedge (Carex) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2680/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fox sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2663/jpeg/21t.jpg) Some large sedge (Carex) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/31t.jpg) Blooming sedge (Carex) in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2900/jpeg/21t.jpg) Some tall sedge (Carex) in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2663/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cherokee sedge (Carex cherokeensis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2900/jpeg/22t.jpg) Close-up of some tall sedge (Carex) in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2680/jpeg/04t.jpg) Inflated seeds of fox sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2680/jpeg/05t.jpg) Small sedge (Carex) with a red bug with black dots in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2663/jpeg/09t.jpg) Male and female flowers of Cherokee sedge (Carex cherokeensis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/22t.jpg) A fly east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/959/jpeg/15t.jpg) Damselflies in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 7, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/959/jpeg/20t.jpg) Sundew in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 7, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/962/jpeg/02t.jpg) Moth in Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/16t.jpg) Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium, Epilobium angustifolium, Russian name Ivan Chay) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/961/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flower bud of hawkweed in Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/962/jpeg/10t.jpg) Buttercup close up near Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/961/jpeg/21t.jpg) Lily-of-the-Valley in Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/959/jpeg/23t.jpg) Hawkweed flower in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 7, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/959/jpeg/16t.jpg) Buckbean (Menyanthes) in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 7, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spherical fruiting bodies (aethalia) of Wolf s Milk slime mold Lycogala epidendrum on rotten wood near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/961/jpeg/22t.jpg) Damselfly near Okhta River in Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/961/jpeg/23t.jpg) Robber fly near Okhta River in Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/961/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flower buds of hawkweed in Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/962/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ants eating a frog near Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
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