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Cyperaceae
Eleocharis

not marked as a favorite taxon Eleocharis tricostata Torrey. Common name: Three-angle Spikerush. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Wet pine savannas, natural depression ponds, clay-based Carolina bays. Distribution: Massachusetts, New York, and Michigan south to Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Records from Franklin Parish, Louisiana (R. Dale Thomas 2208; 2220) are actually Eleocharis verrucosa (S.G. Ward, personal annotation, 2026). The specimens from Perry County, MS; however, are correctly identified (S. Leonard s.n.; MMNS076477).

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Subgenus: Eleocharis. Section: Eleocharis. Series: Eleocharis. Subseries: Truncatae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA23, G, GW1, K1, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Va, WH3. Basionym: Eleocharis tricostata Torrey 1836

Links to other floras: = Eleocharis tricostata - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Eleocharis tricostata© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
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