Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: grass-like

Yesterday was a busy day of botanizing. The morning was spent with a friend, hiking at the Perrenoud natural area (NW of the city) and then we went straight to the Kerfoot Ranch to botanize some of the beautiful, rolling hills that run along the Grand Valley Rd. (NW of Calgary). We were so lucky that we weren't rained on, and instead enjoyed good weather while making a record of all flaura and fauna to send to the landowners. This was one species of wildflower that we saw a lot of - Blue-eyed Grass/Sisyrinchium montanum. This small flower is a member of the Lily family, despite its common name.

This is a very small (5-9 mm wide), native wildflower that likes moist, open areas. It has 3 petals and 3 sepals. A member of the Iris family, it grows June-July.

Golden Sedge grows in moist, open areas, and we saw this one in Weaselhead, not far from the Elbow River. This photo shows the very tiny, rounded, mature fruit of the Golden Sedge.