Horned Beakrush

Scientific Name: Rynchospora inundata
Distinguishing Characteristics:
•Actually a sedge having solid stems that are triangular in cross-section. 
•Narrow leaf blades originating in cluster at base of plants.
•Seedheads are branched with loose clusters of spikelets at end of each branch; spikelets brown and 1/2 to 1-inch long.
•Can form dense, grassy thickets along shoreline and in shallow water.

Rynchospora inundata taken by Graves Lovell

Rynchospora inundata taken by Graves Lovell