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Eleocharis wolfii (A. Gray) A. Gray ex Britton. Common name: Wolf’s Spikerush. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Oak flatwoods, shallow ephemeral pools on granitic flatrocks, prairies. Distribution: 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

Links to other floras: = Eleocharis wolfii - FNA23

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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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