North Carolina Wildflowers

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Cyperaceae > Rhynchospora (beaksedge)

Pale Beaksedge (Rhynchospora pallida) Pale Beaksedge (Rhynchospora pallida)
Longleaf Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC
13 Sep 2009

Rare in NC (NC Watch List), this beaksedge is usually found growing near Sphagnum in seepages, savannas, etc., especially along ecotones.

Pale Beaksedge (Rhynchospora pallida) Pale Beaksedge (Rhynchospora pallida)
Longleaf Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC
13 Sep 2009

Pale Beaksedge (Rhynchospora pallida) Pale Beaksedge (Rhynchospora pallida)
Longleaf Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC
13 Sep 2009

Pale Beaksedge (Rhynchospora pallida) Pale Beaksedge (Rhynchospora pallida)
Longleaf Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC
13 Sep 2009


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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