Guide to the Vascular Flora of the Savannas and Flatwoods of Shaken Creek Preserve and Vicinity (Pender & Onslow Counties, North Carolina, U. S. A.) Thornhill, Robert Krings, Alexander Lindbo, David Stucky, Jon Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1099 1099 (Vahl) A. Gray Liliopsida Cyperaceae Rhynchospora CoL Plantae Rhynchospora nitens Poales 0 1099 Tracheophyta species nitens  Ecological interactions  Conservation status W1; S3, G4?.  Distribution Wet pine savannas (WLPS), ditches, borrow pits.  Notes Occasional. Jul-Aug. Thornhill 17, 931 (NCSC). Specimens seen in the vicinity: Sandy Run: Taggart SARU 415 (WNC!). [= Psilocarya nitens(Vahl) Alph. Wood sensu RAB; = FNA, Weakley]