Index / Search / Rhynchospora capitellata
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl
vernacular brownish beaksedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 547 counties across 34 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 547 counties across 34 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
California view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Fleming 21069
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Hart 21099
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lake 26085
- Macomb 26099
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Butler 29023
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jasper 29097
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Newton 29145
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Texas 29215
- Wayne 29223
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bertie 37015
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Currituck 37053
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Jackson 37099
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Polk 37149
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Johnson 47091
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Stewart 47161
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 85 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHCA12 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2721103 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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