Index / Search / Rhynchospora gracilenta
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray
vernacular slender 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
· 160 counties across 17 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 160 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Dare 37055
- Graham 37075
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Montgomery 37123
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Wake 37183
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Alleghany 51005
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Prince George 51149
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHGR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2721150 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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