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Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora distans (Michaux) Vahl. Common name: Narrow-fruited Fascicled Beaksedge. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Pine savanna and limesink ponds. Distribution: Se. VA south to s. FL and west to s. MS (Sorrie & Leonard 1999); West Indies.

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ID notes: This species is much like R. fascicularis but with smaller heads, narrower leaves, etc. The seed bristle are as long as the seed body or even longer (vs. less than half as long as the body in R. fascicularis). R. distans may intergrade with R. wrightiana in the outer Coastal Plain of the Carolinas.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Va, McMillan (2007); Schoenus distans Michx. = Rhynchospora fascicularis (Michx.) Vahl var. distans (Michx.) Chapm. — F, NS, Gale (1944); = Rynchospora distans — S, S13, orthographic variant; < Rhynchospora fascicularis (Michx.) Vahl — C, FNA23, G, GW1, K4, RAB, WH3; < Rhynchospora fascicularis (Michx.) Vahl ssp. fascicularis — POWO. Basionym: Schoenus distans Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: < Rhynchospora fascicularis - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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