PLANTS Profile for Rhynchospora colorata (starrush whitetop)

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Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer
starrush whitetop

Symbol:

RHCO7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Photo of Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer

Dichromena colorata

George Folkerts. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer

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Synonyms:
Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer

	DICO	Dichromena colorata (L.) Hitchc.
	RHDR	Rhynchospora drummondiana Steud.
	RHST	Rhynchospora stellata (Lam.) Griseb.
	SCCO14	Schoenus coloratus L.

Distribution:
Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 93 species in Rhynchospora

Classification:
Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer

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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 colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer – starrush whitetop

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer

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.

Arkansas:
white-top sedge		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer

Dichromena colorata:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 3

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Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer

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 504777.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 06:15 AM MDT