Cyperaceae
Brown beaksedge
Rhynchospora fusca
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
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Common names
By language (17)
- arz
- رينكوسبورا فوسكا
- Asturian
- Herba la llamuerga
- Czech
- Hrotnosemenka hnědá
- Dutch
- Bruine snavelbies
- English
- Brown beaksedge, Brown beak-sedge, Brown beakrush
- Estonian
- Tume nokkhein
- Finnish
- Ruskopiirtoheinä
- French
- Rhynchoscope brun, Rhynchospore brun
- German
- Braunes Schnabelried, Rotes Schnabelried
- hsb
- Bruna pyskownička
- Latvian
- Brūnganais baltmeldrs
- Lithuanian
- Rusvoji saidra
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Brunmyrak
- Polish
- Przygiełka brunatna, Przegiełka brunatna
- Russian
- Очеретник бурый
- Swedish
- Brunag
- Welsh
- Corsfrwynen losg
Synonyms
- Phaeocephalum fuscum (L.) House
- Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Vahl
- Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Pursh
- Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.
- Schoenus fuscus L.
- Schoenus setaceus Thuill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 13:44, 24 February 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jmp48, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joseba Garmendia, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.