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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora tracyi FAMILY Cyperaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Tracy's Beaksedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora tracyi FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)

Rhynchospora tracyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-001:

Rhynchospora tracyi FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rynchospora tracyi

COMMON NAME:
Tracy's Beaksedge

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image of Rhynchospora tracyi, Tracy's Beaksedge

Keith Bradley kab_r_tracyi_02029

April Miami-Dade County FL

South Dade Wetlands

Spikelets in 1-2 globose clusters, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora tracyi FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora tracyi FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora tracyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-001:
Rhynchospora tracyi FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora tracyi

2345

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Pondcypress savannas and graminoid-dominated depressions, in small, clay-based Carolina bays, Coastal Plain natural lakes, or shallow limesink ponds (dolines), typically in shallow water or at the lower margins of pond-shores; in s. FL often a monospecific dominant in marl prairies and marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, mostly 3-ranked, culms leafiest at base

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish
Nutlet

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

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