Index / Search / Rhynchospora chalarocephala
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora chalarocephala Fernald & Gale
vernacular loosehead beaksedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 137 counties across 14 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 137 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Surry 37171
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Yadkin 37197
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fluvanna 51065
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Orange 51137
- Prince George 51149
- Rockbridge 51163
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHCH2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2721149 ↗Record version
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