Index / Search / Rhynchospora inexpansa
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora inexpansa (Michx.) Vahl
vernacular nodding 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
· 199 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 199 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Edgecombe 37065
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Brunswick 51025
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHIN4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2721053 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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