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§1 Plant

Rhynchospora microcarpa Baldw. ex A. Gray

vernacular southern beaksedge — species · Cyperaceae


USDA
RHMI7
GBIF
2721723
Rank
species
southern beaksedge (Rhynchospora microcarpa)
Platephotograph · Pablo L Ruiz source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Rhynchospora
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 95 counties across 9 states/territories
Legend Native · 95 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 95 counties across 9 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 6 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 58 N
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N
Texas view state ↗ 5 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/RHMI7 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2721723 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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