Index / Search / Rhynchospora capillacea
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora capillacea Torr.
vernacular needle beaksedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 170 counties across 22 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 170 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alpena 26007
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gladwin 26051
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Leelanau 26089
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Menominee 26109
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Oscoda 26135
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carver 27019
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Dakota 27037
- Hennepin 27053
- Jackson 27063
- Koochiching 27071
- Mahnomen 27087
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Redwood 27127
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Camden 29029
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jefferson 29099
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Miller 29131
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHCA11 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2721675 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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