Eleocharis montana (Kunth) Roemer & J.A. Schultes. Subgenus: Eleocharis. Section: Eleocharis. Series: Eleocharis. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Ponds, swales, wet ditches, floodplain forests. Distribution: FL and se. and sw. GA west to TX, south to Mexico, Central America, and South America; West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Other Comments: Collected from Lincoln Co., MS in 2022 (C. Bryson 28055), a state record. Also collected in 2023 from Pike Co., MS (C. Bryson 28944).
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA23, K4, Mex, NS, POWO, Tx, WH3, Brunton, Campbell, & Reznicek (2018); > Eleocharis montana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. var. nodulosa (Roth) Svenson; > Eleocharis nodulosa (Roth) Schult. — NSProv, S; Scirpus montanus Kunth — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Eleocharis montana - FNA23
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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