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Plumed beaksedge

Rhynchospora plumosa

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
SE. U.S.A. to C. America, Caribbean
Climate
subtropical

About

Rhynchospora plumosa, commonly known as plumed beaksedge, is a perennial graminoid in the sedge family.

Where it grows

Rhynchospora plumosa is found in the United States, the West Indies, Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In the United States, it is distributed from North Carolina south to South Florida and west to southeastern Texas. It grows in pine savannas and sandhill-pocosin ecotones, especially in areas where the sandy surface dries out in summer.

Other Rhynchospora plants

White beaksedge · Baldwin's beaksedge · Little beaksedge · Rhynchospora biflora · West Indian beaksedge · Anglestem beaksedge · California beaksedge · Needle beaksedge · Brownish beaksedge · Broadfruit horned beaksedge · Bunched beaksedge · Rhynchospora cephalotes

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhynchospora plumosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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