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''R. grayi'' was a species identified as indicating a recovered condition and perhaps high quality groundcover (Archer et al 2007).  
 
''R. grayi'' was a species identified as indicating a recovered condition and perhaps high quality groundcover (Archer et al 2007).  
 
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In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, ''R. grayi'' can be found in longleaf pine forests, longleaf pine-wiregrass ridges, pine-oak forests, burned pine flatwoods, dry pine barrens, recently burned wiregrass/pinewoods, peaty depressions in flatwoods, sandy lake shores, turkey oak-slash pine woodlands, and sandy xeric bluffs bordering creeks (FSU Herbarium). It can also be found in sands of powerline corridors, and sandy fallow fields. Associated species include ''Pinus palustris, Aristida stricta, Quercus laevis, Q. geminata, Q. margaretta, Q. incana, Licania, Stillingia sylvatica, Tragia smallii, T. urens, Rhynchosia reniformis, Croton argyranthemus'' and sand pine (FSU Herbarium).
  
 
Longleaf pine community (Archer et al 2007).  
 
Longleaf pine community (Archer et al 2007).  

Revision as of 16:03, 5 October 2015

Rhynchospora grayi
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species: R. grayi
Binomial name
Rhynchospora grayi
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Natural range of Rhynchospora grayi from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Gray's beaksedge

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Rhynchospora grayi is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

R. grayi was a species identified as indicating a recovered condition and perhaps high quality groundcover (Archer et al 2007).

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, R. grayi can be found in longleaf pine forests, longleaf pine-wiregrass ridges, pine-oak forests, burned pine flatwoods, dry pine barrens, recently burned wiregrass/pinewoods, peaty depressions in flatwoods, sandy lake shores, turkey oak-slash pine woodlands, and sandy xeric bluffs bordering creeks (FSU Herbarium). It can also be found in sands of powerline corridors, and sandy fallow fields. Associated species include Pinus palustris, Aristida stricta, Quercus laevis, Q. geminata, Q. margaretta, Q. incana, Licania, Stillingia sylvatica, Tragia smallii, T. urens, Rhynchosia reniformis, Croton argyranthemus and sand pine (FSU Herbarium).

Longleaf pine community (Archer et al 2007).

Phenology

rcarter

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  • Archer, J. K., D. L. Miller, et al. 2007. Changes in understory vegetation and soil characteristics following silvicultural activities in a southeastern mixed pine forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 489-504.