Index / Search / Rhynchospora microcephala
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora microcephala (Britton) Britton
vernacular smallhead 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
· 132 counties across 11 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 132 counties across 11 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Nassau 12089
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- New Hanover 37129
- Pamlico 37137
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHMI8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2721221 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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