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Carex macrocephala (largehead sedge)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Structure [3]  Grass
Height [2]  8 inches (0.2 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Carex macrocephala

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Aniakchak National Monument National Preserve Ib 458519 Alaska, United States
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Ib 591068 Alaska, United States
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve II 366714 British Columbia, Canada
Katmai National Park and Preserve Ib 421782 Alaska, United States
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Predators

Balanococcus orientalis[4]
Luzulaspis grandis (long-headed soft scale)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0