Eleocharis
spike-rush
Specimens
Photos
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Description:
[none provided]
Accepted Name:
Eleocharis
Publication: Prodr. 224. 1810.
Publication: Prodr. 224. 1810.
Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Species in Eleocharis:
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Eleocharis acicularis – needle spikerush
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast; circumboreal. - Eleocharis atropurpurea – purple spikerush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia, Washington, and California in western North America; central U.S. sporadically eastward to Atlantic Coast.
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Eleocharis bella – pretty spikerush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
- Eleocharis bolanderi – Bolander's spikerush
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Eleocharis coloradoensis – dwarf spike-rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest; southeastern British Columbia to California, east to Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, also in Great Plains and central North America.
- Eleocharis elliptica – elliptic spikerush
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Eleocharis engelmannii – Engelman spikerush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
- Eleocharis erythropoda – bald spike-rush, redfoot spike-rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Oregon, east from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast.
- Eleocharis geniculata – capitate spike-rush
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Eleocharis macrostachya – creeping spikerush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to eastern Canada and the midwestern U.S.
- Eleocharis mamillata – soft-stem spike-rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in western Washington; Alaska to northwest Washington, east to the Canadian Great Plains, Great Lakes region.
- ssp. mamillata – soft-stemmed spikerush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in western Washington; Alaska to northwest Washington, east to the Canadian Great Plains, Great Lakes region.
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Eleocharis nitida – quill spike-rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to the Mount Rainier area.
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Eleocharis obtusa – blunt spikerush Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado, also east from the Great Plains to the Atlantic Coast.
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Eleocharis ovata – ovoid spikerush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia and Alberta to Oregon, also in Arizona, and from Oklahoma east to eastern North America.
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Eleocharis palustris – common spikerush Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Eleocharis parvula – little-head spikerush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, and from Kansas east and north to the Atlantic Coast.
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Eleocharis quinqueflora – few-flowered spike-rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across the northern U.S. and Canada to northeastern North America; circumboreal.
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Eleocharis rostellata – walking sedge, beaked spikerush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern North America.
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Eleocharis suksdorfiana – Suksdorf spikerush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; central British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
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Eleocharis uniglumis – slender spike-rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where known only from a historic collection (1935); British Columbia to Washington, also Nevada, scattered east across North America to the Atlantic Coast; circumboreal.
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Eleocharis in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Eleocharis checklist entry
OregonFlora: Eleocharis information
E-Flora BC: Eleocharis atlas page
CalPhotos: Eleocharis photos
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