PLANTS Profile for Carex macrocephala (largehead sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.
largehead sedge

Symbol:

CAMA10

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.

©Mary Clay Stensvold. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Plant Image Collection. United States, AK, S.E. region, Yakutat area, Cannon beach. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.

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Distribution:
Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.


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USA (AK, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng. var. bracteata T. Holm. .

Carex macrocephala var. bracteata
largehead sedge

Distribution of Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng. var. macrocephala. .

Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala
largehead sedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Carex L. – sedge
Species	Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng. – largehead sedge

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC-,FAC

FAC-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39417.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 05:45 PM CST