Index / Search / Rhynchospora torreyana
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora torreyana A. Gray
vernacular Torrey's 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
· 76 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 76 counties across 11 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Chatham 37037
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Greene 37079
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHTO4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2721295 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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