Spikenard Sedge - Carex nardina

Fairly common, on rocky ridges and stony slopes, between 6000 and 8000 feet, although known to reach an extreme altitude of 10,000 feet above Paradise. Photographed (left) on the Skyline Trail on August 14, 2014, and (center and right) on Second Burroughs Mountain on August 26, 2014.

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