Carex macrocephala, the big-head sedge or largehead sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.[2] 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.[1][2]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. macrocephala
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Binomial name | |
Carex macrocephala | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Carex macrocephala". wildflower.org. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2022.