Eleocharis compressa Sullivant var. compressa. Subgenus: Eleocharis. Section: Eleocharis. Series: Eleocharis. Subseries: Truncatae. Common name: Flattened Spikerush. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Limestone or mafic glades and barrens, riverside scours. Distribution: QC, MN, SD, and CO south to VA, nc. NC, nw. GA, AL, MS, AR, and KS. See Ungberg (2022) for discussion of its occurrence in NC.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: See Brown & Marcus (1998).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, F, FNA23, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Va; = Eleocharis compressa Sull. — NcTx, Tx; = n/a — RAB; < Eleocharis compressa Sull. — C, G, GrPl, GW1, Il, K4, Mo1, WV. Basionym: Eleocharis compressa Sull. 1842
Links to other floras: = Eleocharis compressa var. compressa - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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