PLANTS Profile for Rhynchospora microcephala (smallhead beaksedge)

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Rhynchospora microcephala (Britton) Britton
smallhead beaksedge

Symbol:

RHMI8

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Synonyms:
Rhynchospora microcephala (Britton) Britton

RHCEM

Rhynchospora cephalantha A. Gray var. microcephala (Britton) Kük.

Distribution:
Rhynchospora microcephala (Britton) Britton


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USA (AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Rhynchospora microcephala (Britton) Britton

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 96 species in Rhynchospora

Classification:
Rhynchospora microcephala (Britton) Britton

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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 microcephala (Britton) Britton – smallhead beaksedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhynchospora microcephala (Britton) Britton

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.

New Jersey:
small-head beaked-rush		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rhynchospora microcephala (Britton) Britton

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 40187.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 11:46 AM CDT