Index / Search / Rhynchospora macrostachya
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora macrostachya Torr. ex A. Gray
vernacular tall horned 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
· 163 counties across 27 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 163 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- New Kent 51127
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHMA6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2720908 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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