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Tracy's beaksedge

Rhynchospora tracyi

Tracy's beaksedge
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0

Tracy's beaksedge is a perennial, grass-like sedge native to the southeastern United States, the Bahamas, Cuba, Belize and Honduras. It is a wetland-type plant best grown in consistently moist to wet soil in full sun.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist to wet; it tolerates shallow standing water.
Soil
Moist, acidic to neutral soil rich in organic matter, or wet sandy or peaty soil.
Temperature
Warm subtropical conditions; protect below about 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. U.S.A. to Texas, C. America, Bahamas to Cuba
Climate
subtropical

About

Rhynchospora tracyi, known by the common name of Tracy's beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, native to the Southeastern United States, the Bahamas, Cuba, Belize, and Honduras.

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 tracyi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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