Rhynchospora harveyi W. Boott. Harvey's Beaksedge. Phen: Jul-Aug. Hab: Pine savannas in the Coastal Plain, seepage bogs in the Sandhills, bogs in the Mountains and Piedmont. Dist: Se. VA south to ne. FL, FL Panhandle, and west to TX and OK, and north in the interior to nc. TN and MO.

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, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Gale (1944), McMillan (2007); = Rhynchospora harveyi W.Boott var. harveyi – Ar, FNA23, K3, K4; < Rhynchospora harveyi W.Boott – WH3; > Rynchospora earlei Britton – S13; < Rynchospora harveyi – S; > Rynchospora harveyi – S13; > Rynchospora plankii Britton – S13

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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