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Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray
slender beaksedge

       
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Line Drawing of Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 345. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray

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Distribution:
Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray

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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 93 species in Rhynchospora
 

Classification:
Rhynchospora gracilenta 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 gracilenta A. Gray – slender beaksedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray

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.

Pennsylvania:
beaked-rush              Extirpated
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray

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 OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40147.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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