Eleocharis intermedia J.A. Schultes. Subgenus: Eleocharis. Section: Eleocharis. Series: Eleocharis. Subseries: Truncatae. Common name: Matted Spikerush. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Calcareous fens and seepage areas, wet disturbed areas over calcareous rocks. Distribution: NS west to MN, south to VA, TN, and IL.
ID notes: The fruiting culms are of widely different lengths, the lowermost sprawling and much shorter than the longer.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA23, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va, WV; = n/a — Tat. Basionym: Eleocharis intermedia Schult. 1824 "Urbasionym:" Scirpus intermedius Thuill. 1799
Links to other floras: = Eleocharis intermedia - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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