Rhynchospora alba
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Rhynchospora alba, the white beak-sedge, is a plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae
. It is a tufted herbaceous perennial plant found in fairly acidic wetlands which have few plant nutrients
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In North America
, it is widely distributed throughout the eastern United States, along the west coast, and across Canada. It is also found widely in Europe
, including the British Isles
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Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...
. It is a tufted herbaceous perennial plant found in fairly acidic wetlands which have few plant nutrients
Plant nutrition
'Plant Nutrition is the study of the chemical elements that are necessary for growth. In 1972, E. Epstein defined 2 criteria for an element to be essential for plant growth:# in its absence the plant is unable to complete a normal life cycle or...
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In North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, it is widely distributed throughout the eastern United States, along the west coast, and across Canada. It is also found widely in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, including the British Isles
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...
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