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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Rhynchospora microcarpa Baldwin ex Gray
Southern beaksedge

Rhynchospora microcarpa
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.

Family: Cyperaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States, the West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles), southern Mexico and Central America.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Critically Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. We consider this native and extant only on Big Pine Key in the lower Keys.

Other data on Rhynchospora microcarpa available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Rhynchospora microcarpa has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native




Rhynchospora microcarpa has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Pine Rockland


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Rhynchospora microcarpa
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.
Rhynchospora microcarpa
Copyright by: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida website.