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Rhynchospora capitellata
About
Rhynchospora capitellata is a species of sedge known by the common names brownish beaksedge and brownish beaked-rush. It is native to eastern North America and a few spots in the western United States. It grows in wet habitat, such as swamps, springtime meadows, and moist areas in forests. It is a perennial herb producing clumps of stems 20 to 100 centimeters tall, each stem sheathed with several narrow, pointed leaves. The inflorescence is a cluster of brown spikelets each about 3 or 4 millimeters long.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Rhynchospora capitellata
- Slug
- rhynchospora-capitellata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
- Species
- capitellata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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