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| Rhynchospora fusca (L.) Ait. f. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Cyperaceae | ||||||||||||||
| Genus: | Rhynchospora | ||||||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | ||||||||||||||
| Common Names: | brown beaksedge sooty beaked-rush brown beaked-rush |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||
| Canada: | northwestern Saskatchewan, Ontario – New Brunswick – Newfoundland – Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | northwestern Saskatchewan; Lake Athabasca – Cluff Lake | ||||||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Athabasca Plain | ||||||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | sandy and peaty soil near ponds and in bogs | ||||||||||||||
| Associated Species: | flatleaf bladderwort, horned bladderwort, seaside arrowgrass | ||||||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Endangered |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G4G5 S1 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Brown beaksedge is endangered in Saskatchewan because it is rare. This species is regionally restricted and local population sizes vary. No immediate threats are known at the present time. | |||||||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||
| Height: | 10 – 50 cm | ||||||||||||||
| Roots: | rhizomes resembling runners, slender | ||||||||||||||
| Culms: | erect or curved, thread-like, round in cross section, leafy | ||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | ascending, shorter than stem, thread-like, < 1.5 mm wide, tip bristle-like | ||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | clusters of spikelets 1 or 2, distant, nearly spherical; bracts leafy, exceeding inflorescence | ||||||||||||||
| Spikelets: | scales reddish-brown to deep red, fertile scales often awned | ||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | perianth bristles 6, shorter than or equal to achene, downwardly barbed | ||||||||||||||
| Achenes: | 2 per spikelet, lens-shaped, pale to deep brown, margins narrow, shiny; swelling at base of style three-angled | ||||||||||||||
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