Flora of the Southeastern United States

Rhynchospora harveyi W. Boott. Common name: Harvey's Beaksedge. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Pine savannas in the Coastal Plain, seepage bogs in the Sandhills, bogs in the Mountains and Piedmont. Distribution: Se. Virginia south to ne. Florida, Florida Panhandle, and west to Texas and Oklahoma, and north in the interior to nc. Tennessee and Missouri.

ID notes: Rhynchospora harveyi has a general resemblance to R. grayi, but it occurs in less dry situations than that species and has smaller achenes (2-2.5 mm long vs. 2.5-3 mm long in R. grayi).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, ETx1, F, G, GrPl, GW1, K1, Mo1, NcTx, NS, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Gale (1944), McMillan (2007); = Rhynchospora harveyi W.Boott var. harveyi — Ar, FNA23, K4, POWO; < Rhynchospora harveyi W.Boott — WH3; > Rynchospora earlei Britton — S13; < Rynchospora harveyi — S; > Rynchospora harveyi — S13; > Rynchospora plankii Britton — S13. Basionym: Rhynchospora harveyi W.Boott 1884

Links to other floras: = Rhynchospora harveyi var. harveyi - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
• Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8