Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora tracyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora tracyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Cyperaceae
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Rhynchospora tracyi

Common Name:
Tracy's Beaksedge

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (NC Rare, SC Rare)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in cypress savannas and graminoid-dominated depressions, in small, clay-based Carolina bays or shallow limesink ponds (dolines), typically in shallow water or at the lower margins of pond-shores, per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple

Flower:
Summer/Fall

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Brownish
Nutlet

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p341




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"Introduced as an ornamental in the late 1800s, Japanese knotweed now forms monocultures along roadways, railroads, and streambeds in 36 states, including Alaska." — Douglas W. Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home