Plants Profile for Rhynchospora capillacea (needle beaksedge)

General Information
Symbol:	RHCA11
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Cyperaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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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. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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: 345. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

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

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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 Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL