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Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.
needle beaksedge

       
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Line Drawing of Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 343. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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Synonyms:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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

Distribution:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 93 species in Rhynchospora
 

Classification:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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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 capillacea Torr. – needle beaksedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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 Indicator Status:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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 OBL OBL OBL OBL NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Rhynchospora smallii:

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 OBL* OBL* NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40156.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/22/2008 05:02 PM MDT