PLANTS Profile for Rhynchospora capitellata (brownish beaksedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl
brownish beaksedge

Symbol:

RHCA12

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team, Fort Worth, TX. Usage Requirements.

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Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl

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Synonyms:
Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl

	RHGLC	Rhynchospora glomerata (L.) Vahl var. capitellata (Michx.) Kük.
	RHGLM	Rhynchospora glomerata (L.) Vahl var. minor Britton

Native Status:
Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 96 species in Rhynchospora

Classification:
Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl

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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 capitellata (Michx.) Vahl – brownish beaksedge

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 capitellata (Michx.) Vahl

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40145.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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: 05/24/2013 01:59 PM CDT