Plants Profile for Rhynchospora scirpoides (longbeak beaksedge)

General Information
Symbol:	RHSC5
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Cyperaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

About our new maps

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

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Rhynchospora thumbnails at the Plants Gallery

©Jim Stasz. 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: 347. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
PSCO8	Psilocarya corymbifera (C. Wright) Britton
PSCO4	Psilocarya corymbiformis Benth.
PSSC2	Psilocarya scirpoides Torr.
PSSCG	Psilocarya scirpoides Torr. var. grimesii Fernald & Grisc.

Classification

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

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 scirpoides (Torr.) A. Gray – longbeak beaksedge

Subordinate Taxa

This plant has no children

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 long-beaked bald rush Endangered
Indiana Psilocarya scirpoides long-beaked baldrush Threatened
Maryland long-beaked baldrush Threatened
Massachusetts long-beaked bald-sedge Special Concern
Michigan Psilocarya scirpoides bald-rush Threatened
New York long-beaked bald-rush Rare
Rhode Island long-beaked bald rush Endangered
Wisconsin Psilocarya scirpoides long-beaked baldrush 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