Flora

Rhynchospora tenuis

Key Features

Habitat

Bosques

Taxonomic classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Tracheophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Family: Cyperaceae

Genus: Rhynchospora

Where to Find It

This species has been recorded in the following biodiversity reserves:

Open landscape of grassland and native forest

Arroyo Lechiguana

Cerro Largo
Panoramic view of the reserve area

Barrancas Negras

Río Negro
View of the understorey with ferns and lush vegetation

Barrancas del Queguay

Paysandú
A group of horses on the natural grassland at dusk, in a wide-open setting of great scenic value.

Cerro Agudo

Tacuarembó
A cluster of butiá palms growing on rocky outcrops

Cerro de los Chivos

Paysandú
Landscape of natural grasslands and plantation forest bathed in the golden light of sunset.

Cerro del Mortero

Tacuarembó
Native forest and palm trees

Coquimbo

Soriano
Sandy shoreline with native vegetation

Costas del Río Negro

Río Negro
Wind-formed sand patterns with scattered vegetation in the background

Dunas del Tacuarembó

Tacuarembó
River and marshlands panorama

Esteros y Algarrobales del Río Uruguay

Río Negro
Trail among the rocks

La Peñarrosa

Cerro Largo
Green hillside with shadows of native trees and rocky outcrops in the background, a landscape characteristic of Lambaré.

Lambaré

Tacuarembó
Birds in flight over a lagoon

Mafalda Este

Río Negro
Butiá palms silhouetted against the sky above natural grassland

Palmares de Mellizos

Río Negro
Palm groves and open grassland

Palmares de las Cañas

Durazno

Palmares del Cuico

Paysandú
Panoramic view of the Río Negro with riparian forests along both banks

Paso del Yapeyú

Río Negro
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Pastizales del Basalto

Durazno
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Viraroes

Río Negro

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