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Rhynchospora cephalantha A. Gray var. cephalantha . Common Bunched Beaksedge. Phen: Jul-Oct. Hab: Pine savannas, wet roadsides, ditches, wet powerline rights-of-way. This taxon is often weedy. Dist: S. NJ south to s. FL and west to e. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Va, McMillan (2007); < Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray – C, ETx1, FNA23, GW1, K1, K3, K4, NY, RAB, WH3; > Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray var. cephalantha – F, G; > Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray var. pleiocephala Fernald & Gale – F, G, Gale (1944); > Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray var. typica Fernald & Gale – Gale (1944); < Rynchospora axillaris (Lam.) Britton – S, S13

Links to other floras: < Rhynchospora cephalantha - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Melanie Flood | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Patrick McMillan | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Patrick McMillan | Original Image ⭷

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