PLANTS Profile for Rhynchospora knieskernii (Knieskern's beaksedge)

Name Search
name search type enter a search name
	State Search
	Advanced Search
	Search Help


	Alternative Crops
	Characteristics
	Classification
	Cover Crops
	Culturally Significant
	Distribution Update
	Documentation
	Fact Sheets & Plant Guides
	Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants
	Links
	Threatened & Endangered
	Wetland Indicator Status



	40,000+ Plant Images
	Submit Your Digital Images



	Complete PLANTS Checklist
	State PLANTS Checklist
	Advanced Search Download
	Symbols for Unknown Plants
	NRCS State GSAT Lists
	NRCS State Plants Lists



	Crop Nutrient Tool
	Ecological Site Information System
	PLANTS Identification Keys
	Plant Materials Web Site
	Plant Materials Publications
	USDA Plant Hardiness Map

Printer-Friendly

PLANTS Profile

Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey
Knieskern's beaksedge

Symbol:

RHKN

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file.

Line Drawing of Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 343. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Images:
Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey

See all the Rhynchospora thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery

Distribution:
Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (DE, NJ)

Related Taxa:
Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 96 species in Rhynchospora

Classification:
Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Rhynchospora Vahl – beaksedge
Species	Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey – Knieskern's beaksedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
Knieskern's beaked-rush		Threatened
New Jersey:
Knieskern's beaked-rush		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40183.

Related Web Sites:
Rhynchospora knieskernii Carey

Center for Plant Conservation

USDI FWS Endangered Species Program

USDI FWS Endangered Species Program-Species Profile

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 12:53 PM CDT