[Sedges: The Genus Carex West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

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)

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)

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) - Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)

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)

Big-headed sedge on the beach above the high tide zone at Barview Jetty County Park, Oregon coast......... August 26, 2009.

Inflorescence of Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala) - Perigynia of Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)

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)

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) - Bighead Sedge, Big-head Sedge, Big-headed Sedge, Largehead Sedge: Carex macrocephala (Synonym: Carex anthericoides, Carex macrocephala var. macrocephala)

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