Eocene Green River Sedge(?) Flower
Undescribed Sedge family Cyperaceae(?)
Green River Formation
Middle Eocene
Lincoln County, Wyoming
Green River Formation
Middle Eocene
Lincoln County, Wyoming
This specimen may represent the flower of an undescribed example of a Green River Formation sedge of the family Cyperaceae. There is a carbonized body with wispy tendrils extending outwards reminiscent of living sedges which are a grass-like plant with triangular stems and inconspicuous flowers, growing typically in wet ground. Sedges are widely distributed throughout temperate and cold regions.