PLANTS Profile for Rhynchospora nitens (shortbeak beaksedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray
shortbeak beaksedge

Symbol:

RHNI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

Photo of Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray

Psilocarya nitens

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Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray

	PSNI	Psilocarya nitens (Vahl) Alph. Wood
	PSPO3	Psilocarya portoricensis Britton

Distribution:
Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, DE, FL, GA, IN, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 93 species in Rhynchospora

Classification:
Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray

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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 nitens (Vahl) A. Gray – shortbeak beaksedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are 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.

Indiana:
Psilocarya nitens
short-beaked bald-rush		Extirpated
Maryland:
short-beaked baldrush		Endangered
Massachusetts:
short-beaked bald-sedge		Threatened
New York:
short-beaked bald-rush		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray

Psilocarya nitens:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504787.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 02:32 PM MDT