Index / Search / Rhynchospora alba
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl
vernacular white beaksedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 294 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 294 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Missaukee 26113
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Hennepin 27053
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Washington 27163
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Chippewa 55017
- Door 55029
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHAL3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2721119 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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