Eleocharis wolfii (A. Gray) A. Gray ex Britton. Wolf’s Spikerush. Phen: May-Jul. Hab: Oak flatwoods, shallow ephemeral pools on granitic flatrocks, prairies. Dist: OH, WI, MN, and ND south to GA, AL, TN, LA, and TX. Known from two counties in VA (Fairfax, Pittsylvania) and from a single record in Cabarrus County, NC. Both areas of the mid-Atlantic represent disjunctions of a more midwesterly-distributed species.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA23, G, GrPl, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mo1, NY, Tn, Tx, Va; = n/a – RAB
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ?: 8
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