Rhynchospora indianolensis Small. Common name: Indianola Beaksedge. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Coastal prairies, ditches, bottomland forests; this species can be "locally abundant in cattle pastures in some areas (at least during wet years" (Carr 2016). Distribution: Endemic to the Coastal Plain of TX (Aransas, Calhoun, Colorado, Goliad, Harris, Jackson, Matagorda, Refugio, San Patricio and Victoria counties).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Kral (2002e) mentioned that R. indianolensis may be conspecific with the Cuban R. scutellata; this appears not to be the case (R. Naczi, pers. comm., 2019).
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA23, K4, NS, Tx; = Rynchospora indianolensis — S, S13, orthographic variant; < Rhynchospora scutellata Griseb. — POWO, misapplied. Basionym: Rhynchospora indianolensis Small 1903
Links to other floras: = Rhynchospora indianolensis - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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