Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge
Carex macrocephala
Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala
![Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)](macrocephala/macrocephala2a.jpg)
Bighead sedge as seen on the upper beach at Barview Jetty County Park on the northern coast of Oregon.........May 22, 2009.
![Inflorescence of Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)](macrocephala/macrocephala2b.jpg)
Close-up of the inflorescence of bighead sedge as seen on the beach at Barview Jetty County Park on the northern coast of Oregon.........May 22, 2009.
- ![Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)](macrocephala/macrocephala3b.jpg)
Largehead sedge as seen at the east end of the South Jetty to Tillamook Bay, northern Oregon coast........June 13, 2010.
![Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)](macrocephala/macrocephala1c.jpg)
Big-headed sedge on the beach above the high tide zone at Barview Jetty County Park, Oregon coast......... August 26, 2009.
- ![Perigynia of Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)](macrocephala/macrocephala1a.jpg)
Close-ups of the inflorescence and perigynia of big-headed sedge on the beach above the high tide zone at Barview Jetty County Park, Oregon coast......... August 26, 2009.
![Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)](macrocephala/macrocephala4a.jpg)
Big-headed sedge as seen in dunes at the north end of Bayocean Spit (about one-quarter mile south of the photos above but on the opposite side of the channel), northern Oregon coast............August 25, 2012.
- ![Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)](macrocephala/macrocephala04-27-2015b.jpg)
Big-headed sedge as seen in dunes at the north end of Bayocean Spit (about one-quarter mile south of the photos above but on the opposite side of the channel), northern Oregon coast............April 27, 2015.
Paul Slichter