Rhynchospora scirpoides (Torrey) Grisebach. Common name: Long-beak Beaksedge. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Limesink ponds, usually at the lower margin of pond-shores, wet pine savanna, beaver ponds, and other wetlands with "drawdown" hydrology. Distribution: Se. MA south to n. peninsular FL, Panhandle FL, s. MS (Sorrie & Leonard 1999), se. OK, and TX (Singhurst, Bridges, & Holmes 2007); disjunct in the lowlands around the Great Lakes; West Indies, Central America.

ID notes: This species, R. nitens, and R. eximia are rather short beaksedges, no more than 6 dm tall and often only about 3 dm tall. They have rather few but long leaves. The elongate inflorescence may occupy half or more of the plant height. R. scirpoides has achene beak 2/3 or more as long as the achene body (vs. achene with very short beak in R. nitens and R. eximia).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, FNA23, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, POWO, Va, WH3, McMillan (2007); = Psiolocarya corymbifera (C.Wright) Britton; = Psilocarya corymbiformis Benth. — S13; = Psilocarya scirpoides Torr. — GW1, RAB, S, Tat; > Psilocarya scirpoides Torr. var. grimesii Fernald & Griscom — F, G; > Psilocarya scirpoides Torr. var. scirpoides — F, G. Basionym: Psilocarya scirpoides Torr. 1836

Links to other floras: = Rhynchospora scirpoides - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
• Great Plains: OBL
• Midwest: OBL
• Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9