Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Cyperaceae

Rhynchospora - [maps | photos]

• Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: white beakrush

• Rhynchospora caduca Ell. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: anglestem beakrush

• Rhynchospora capillacea Torr. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: needle beakrush

• Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: brownish beakrush

• Rhynchospora chalarocephala Fern. & Gale (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: loosehead beakrush

• Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: whitetop beakrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Dichromena colorata (L.) A. S. Hitch.

• Rhynchospora corniculata (Lam.) A. Gray
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: shortbristle horned beakrush

• Rhynchospora debilis Gale (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: savannah beakrush

• Rhynchospora globularis (Chapman) Small var. globularis
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: globe beakrush

• Rhynchospora glomerata (L.) Vahl
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: clustered beakrush

• Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: slender beakrush

• Rhynchospora harveyi W. Boott (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Harvey's beakrush

• Rhynchospora inexpansa (Michx.) Vahl
  Common Name: nodding beakrush

• Rhynchospora latifolia (Baldw. Ex Elliott) W.W. Thomas
  Common Name: sandswamp whitetop

• Rhynchospora macrostachya Torr. ex A. Gray (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: tall horned beakrush

• Rhynchospora perplexa Britton (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: pineland beakrush

• Rhynchospora rariflora (Michx.) Elliott (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: fewflower beakrush

• Rhynchospora recognita (Gale) Kral
  Common Name: globe beakrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Rhynchospora globularis (Chapman) Small var. recognita Gale

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.