PLANTS Profile for Rhynchospora chinensis ssp. spiciformis (spiked beaksedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Rhynchospora chinensis Nees & Meyen ssp. spiciformis (Hillebr.) T. Koyama
spiked beaksedge

Symbol:

RHCHS

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

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Rhynchospora chinensis Nees & Meyen ssp. spiciformis (Hillebr.) T. Koyama

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Synonyms:
Rhynchospora chinensis Nees & Meyen ssp. spiciformis (Hillebr.) T. Koyama

RHSP

Rhynchospora spiciformis Hillebr.

Distribution:
Rhynchospora chinensis Nees & Meyen ssp. spiciformis (Hillebr.) T. Koyama


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Related Taxa:
Rhynchospora chinensis Nees & Meyen ssp. spiciformis (Hillebr.) T. Koyama

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 96 species in Rhynchospora, 2 subspecies in Rhynchospora chinensis Nees & Meyen

Classification:
Rhynchospora chinensis Nees & Meyen ssp. spiciformis (Hillebr.) T. Koyama

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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 chinensis Nees & Meyen – spiked beaksedge
Subspecies	Rhynchospora chinensis Nees & Meyen ssp. spiciformis (Hillebr.) T. Koyama – spiked 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 chinensis Nees & Meyen ssp. spiciformis (Hillebr.) T. Koyama

Rhynchospora chinensis:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

FACW*

Rhynchospora spiciformis: