Carex macrocephala

Carex macrocephala
At the Pacific Spirit Regional Park
Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. macrocephala
Binomial name
Carex macrocephala
Synonyms
List
    • Carex anthericoides J.Presl & C.Presl
    • Carex macrocephala subsp. anthericoides (C.Presl) Hultén
    • Carex macrocephala var. bracteata Holm
    • Carex macrocephala f. bracteata (Holm) Kük.
    • Carex menziesiana Sm. ex Boott
    • Vignea macrocephala (Willd. ex Spreng.) Soják

Carex macrocephala, the big-head sedge or largehead sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is found on the beaches and dunes of the northern Pacific; Japan, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin, the Kurils and Kamchatka in the Russian Far East, and Alaska, British Columbia, Washington state and Oregon in North America.

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