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Revision as of 15:59, 2 May 2016

Rhynchospora harveyi
Rhynchospora harveyi PHFP B 2015-05-18 KMR.jpg
Photo taken by Kevin Robertson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species: R. harveyi
Binomial name
Rhynchospora harveyi
W. Boott
RHYN HARV dist.jpg
Natural range of Rhynchospora harveyi from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Harvey's beaksedge

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Rhynchospora harveyi var. harveyi

Description

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

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, R. harveyi can be found in longleaf pine forests, drying sandy loam of open pine-oak woodlands, and on dry wiregrass/longleaf pine sandhills (FSU Herbarium). It can also occur in cutover pinewoods with Fimbristylis and Cyperus, sandy loam on pond margins, roadsides, and partially cutover upland longleaf pine savannas. Associated species include Pinus palustris, Aristida stricta, Quercus, and Fimbristylis, Cyperus (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowering has been recorded in August and fruiting May through September (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by gravity. [1]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Gary R. Knight, C. Jackson, D. E. Powell, R. A. Norris, Robert K. Godfrey, Andre F. Clewell, Steve L. Orzell. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla. Georgia: Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

  1. Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015.