Rhynchospora elliottii
elliot's beakrush, elliott's beaksedge
Family
Cyperaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Type
simple
Growth Form
graminoid
Flower Color
inconspicuous
Flower Month
May - September
Height (meters)
0.8 - 1.5
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Growing Season
Warm season
Wetland Class
FACW
Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism
7
Field Characters
An erect, perennial forb with culms in tufts. The leaf blades are 4-5 mm wide at the base tapering to long point, erect and appressed to the culm. The inflorescence is composted of 2-5 dense glomerules of bark-brown.
Natural History
Found frequently in moist sand in the prairie and Washington parishes of Louisiana and east and southeast Texas.
Habitat
Wet acidic pine savanna and wet coastal prairie.