PLANTS Profile for Rhynchospora capillacea (needle beaksedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.
needle beaksedge

Symbol:

RHCA11

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 343. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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Synonyms:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

	RHCAL	Rhynchospora capillacea Torr. var. leviseta E.J. Hill ex A. Gray
	RHSM2	Rhynchospora smallii Britton

Native Status:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 96 species in Rhynchospora

Classification:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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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	Rhynchospora Vahl – beaksedge
Species	Rhynchospora capillacea Torr. – needle beaksedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
capillary beak-rush		Endangered
Iowa:
beaked rush		Threatened
Maine:
horned beak-rush		Threatened
Massachusetts:
capillary beak-sedge		Endangered
Minnesota:
hair-like beak-rush		Threatened
New Hampshire:
hair-like beak-rush		Endangered
New Jersey:
capillary beaked-rush		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
capillary beaked-rush		Endangered
Tennessee:
horned beakrush		Possibly Extirpated, Endangered
Vermont:
capillary beak-rush		Threatened

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.

Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Rhynchospora smallii:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

OBL*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40156.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 02:02 AM CDT